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Ichard peNN sMIth
1790 – 1854, american
On to the Alamo
Col. Crockett’s Exploits and
Adventures in Texas
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
John Seelye
“Davy” Crockett’s backwoods dress,
slangy language, and sharp sense of
humor made him a popular Washington
figure; his death at the Alamo made him a
legend. Falsely credited to his authorship
and accepted as fact for nearly a century,
Smith’s fictitious account of the famous
1836 battle remains a cornerstone of
American popular culture.
176 pp. 978-0-14-243764-3 $13.00
tobIas sMollett
1721 – 1771, scottish
The Adventures of Roderick Random
Edited with an Introduction and Notes by
David Blewett
Published in 1748 to immediate acclaim,
Roderick Random satirizes the moral
chaos of its times and established Tobias
Smollett among the most popular of
eighteenth-century novelists.
512 pp. 978-0-14-043332-6 $18.00
*Humphry Clinker
Edited by Angus Ross
Introduction by Jeremy Lewis
Notes by Shaun Regan
Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden
misanthrope, travels Britain with his
nephew, niece, spinster sister, and
manservant, the trusty Humphry Clinker.
In a narrative peopled with pimps,
drunkards, and con men, Bramble’s
pessimistic views on the world’s
degeneracy— and his eagerness to express
them—betray the author’s belief that his
countrymen were suffering from an acute
lack of sense and sobriety.
496 pp. 978-0-14-144142-9 $14.00
220 penguin classics
sNorrI sturlusoN
1179 – 1241, icelandic
King Harald’s Saga
Translated with an Introduction by
Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Pálsson
The biography of one of the most
remarkable and memorable of the
medieval kings of Norway, this saga
culminates in the conflict between Norway
and England in 1066.
192 pp. 978-0-14-044183-3 $14.00
See Hrafnkel’s Saga.
The Prose Edda
Translated with an Introduction and
Notes by Jesse Byock
Written in Iceland a century after the
close of the Viking Age, The Prose Edda
tells ancient stories of the Norse creation
epic and recounts the battles that follow as
gods, giants, dwarves and elves struggle for
survival. It also preserves the oral memory
of heroes, warrior kings, and queens in
powerful verse and prose.
304 pp. 978-0-14-044755-2 $16.00