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The Penguin Book of
First World War Poetry
Edited with an Introduction by
George Walter
More than photographs or eyewitness
reports of the First World War, it is the
poetry written during this devastating
conflict that has embedded the horror of
that time in our consciousness. Arranged
thematically, this anthology takes the
reader through the war’s stages and offers
a blend of voices that is both unique and
profoundly moving.
400 pp. 978-0-14-118190-5 $17.00
The Penguin Book of
First World War Stories
Edited with an Introduction by
Barbara Korte and Ann-Marie Einhaus
This collection of short stories about
World War I features works by such
famous British authors as Joseph Conrad,
W. Somerset Maugham, and Arthur
Conan Doyle. Written during the war and
after, these stories illustrate both the war’s
impact on British society and culture,
and the ways in which short fiction
contributed to the literature of that time.
432 pp. 978-0-14-144215-0 $17.00
The Penguin Book of French Poetry
1820–1950
Edited with an Introduction by
William Rees
This anthology offers a broad range
of French poetry from writers such
as Theophile Gautier, Stephane
286 penguin classics
Mallarmé, Charles Baudelaire, and
Guillaume Appollinaire. The French
text is accompanied by English prose
translations.
856 pp. 978-0-14-042385-3 $22.00
See Charles Baudelaire.
The Penguin Book of Gaslight Crime
Con Artists, Burglars, Rogues,
and Scoundrels from the Time of
Sherlock Holmes
Edited with an Introduction and Notes
by Michael Sims
Collected here for the first time: the best
crime fiction from the gaslight era. All
the legendary thieves are present—A. J.
Raffles, Colonel Clay, Simon Carne, and
the Infallible Godahl—burgling London
and Paris, conning New York and Ostend,
laughing all the way to the bank.
352 pp. 978-0-14-310566-4 $15.00
The Penguin Book of Hebrew Verse
Edited and Translated with an Introduction
by T. Carmi
Extending from the Song of Deborah—
written 3,000 years ago—to poems written
in Israel by authors born in the 1930s, this
unparalleled selection of poetry is the first
of its kind produced in either English or
Hebrew.
608 pp. 978-0-14-042467-6 $20.00