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Essential Penguins

The Penguin Essentials are some of the twentieth-century's most important books. When they were first published they changed the way we thought about literature and about life. And they have remained vital reading ever since.
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Animal Farm (George Orwell)
Animal Farm
George Orwell
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The Ballad of the Sad Cafe (Carson McCullers)
The Ballad of the Sad Cafe
Carson McCullers
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Bonjour Tristesse (Françoise Sagan)
Bonjour Tristesse
Françoise Sagan
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Breakfast at Tiffany's (Truman Capote)
Breakfast at Tiffany's
Truman Capote
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Brideshead Revisited (Evelyn Waugh)
Brideshead Revisited
Evelyn Waugh
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Brighton Rock
Brighton Rock
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Cat's Cradle (Kurt Vonnegut)
Cat's Cradle
Kurt Vonnegut
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Cider With Rosie
Cider With Rosie
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A Clockwork Orange (Anthony Burgess)
A Clockwork Orange
Anthony Burgess
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Cold Comfort Farm (Stella Gibbons)
Cold Comfort Farm
Stella Gibbons
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A Confederacy of Dunces (John Kennedy Toole)
A Confederacy of Dunces
John Kennedy Toole
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The Day of the Triffids (John Wyndham)
The Day of the Triffids
John Wyndham
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The Diary of a Nobody
The Diary of a Nobody
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Down and Out in Paris and London (George Orwell)
Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
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The Dubliners (James Joyce)
The Dubliners
James Joyce
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Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands (Erskine Childers)
Erskine Childers: The Riddle of the Sands
Erskine Childers
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The Go Between (L.P. Hartley)
The Go Between
L.P. Hartley
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Goodbye to All That (Robert Graves)
Goodbye to All That
Robert Graves
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Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
Goodbye, Columbus, Philip Roth
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The Great Gatsby (F. Scott Fitzgerald)
The Great Gatsby
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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A Handful of Dust (Evelyn Waugh)
A Handful of Dust
Evelyn Waugh
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Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)
Heart of Darkness
Joseph Conrad
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The Heart of the Matter (Graham Greene)
The Heart of the Matter
Graham Greene
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Hell's Angels
Hell's Angels
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In Cold Blood (Truman Capote)
In Cold Blood
Truman Capote
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Invisible Man (Ralph Ellison)
Invisible Man
Ralph Ellison
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The Jungle Book (Rudyard Kipling)
The Jungle Book
Rudyard Kipling
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Junky (William S Burroughs)
Junky
William S Burroughs
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Lady Chatterley's Lover (D.H. Lawrence)
Lady Chatterley's Lover
D.H. Lawrence
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Le Grand Meaulnes (Alain-Fournier)
Le Grand Meaulnes
Alain-Fournier
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Lolita (Vladimir Nabokov)
Lolita
Vladimir Nabokov
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Lucky Jim (Kingsley Amis)
Lucky Jim
Kingsley Amis
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The Man in the High Castle (Philip K. Dick)
The Man in the High Castle
Philip K. Dick
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Mrs. Dalloway (Virginia Woolf)
Mrs. Dalloway
Virginia Woolf
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My Family and Other Animals (Gerald Durrell)
My Family and Other Animals
Gerald Durrell
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Nineteen Eighty-Four (George Orwell)
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell
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On the Road (Jack Kerouac)
On the Road
Jack Kerouac
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One Hundred Years of Solitude (Gabriel Garcia Marquez)
One Hundred Years of Solitude
Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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Out of Africa (Isak Dinesen)
Out of Africa
Isak Dinesen
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The Outsider (Albert Camus)
The Outsider
Albert Camus
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