Hamlet by William Shakespeare
12.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: New Penguin Shakespeare S.
Part of "The New Penguin Shakespeare" series, this text looks at "Hamlet" with an introduction, a list of further reading, commentary and a short account of the textual problems of the play. The series is used and recommended by the Royal Shakespeare Company.
The Kama Sutra by Mallanaga Vatsyayana
9.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
The "Kama Sutra" has endured for 1,700 years as a classic of world literature. The 1964 publication of Sir Richard Burton's translation of the "Kama Sutra" was celebrated as a literary event. Covering philosophy, psychology, sociology, Hindu dogma, scientific inquiry and sexology, this title gives you t ...Show more
Doctor Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
22.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Student Editions
Dr Jekyll, a physician conscious of the duality in his nature, and fascinated by the idea of the advantage that would arise if these elements could be clothed in different personalities, discovers a drug by means of which he can create a separate personality that absorbs all his evil instincts.
Animal Farm - Penguin Student Edition by George Orwell
17.99 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Student editions
Penguin Student Editions have been specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detail. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches, a text summary, a chronology, a selection of questions and topics for discussion and analysis, as well as suggestions for ...Show more
Hamlet by William Shakespeare
12.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
A young prince meets with his father's ghost, who alleges that his own brother, now married to his widow, murdered him. The prince devises a scheme to test the truth of the ghost's accusation, feigning wild madness while plotting a brutal revenge. But his apparent insanity soon begins to wreak havoc on ...Show more
Doctor Jekyll and Mr.Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson
9.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Dr Jekyll has discovered the ultimate drug. A chemical that can turn him into something else. Suddenly, he can unleash his deepest cruelties in the guise of the sinister Hyde. Transforming himself at will, he roams the streets of fog-bound London as his monstrous alter-ego.
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
9.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Reading Level: very good
The narrator is a young governess, sent off to a country house to take charge of two orphaned children. She finds a pleasant house and a comfortable housekeeper, while the children are beautiful and charming. But she soon begins to feel the presence of intense evil.
Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
9.95 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Born and abandoned in Newgate Prison, Moll Flanders is forced to make her own way in life. She duly embarks on a career that includes husband-hunting, incest, bigamy, prostitution and pick-pocketing, until her crimes eventually catch up with her. This book recounts her adventures.
A Tale of Four Dervishes by Mir Amman
27.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
In despair at having no son to succeed him, the King of Turkey leaves his palace to live in seclusion. Soon after, however, he encounters four wandering dervishes - three princes and a rich merchant from Persia, Yemen and China - who have been guided to Turkey by a supernatural force that prophesied the ...Show more
The Book of Chuang Tzu by Chuang Tzu
32.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
"The Book of Chuang Tzu" draws together the stories, tales, jokes and anecdotes that have gathered around the figure of Chuang Tzu. One of the great founders of Taoism, Chaung Tzu lived in the fourth century BC and is among the most enjoyable and intriguing personalities in the whole of Chinese philosop ...Show more
The Master And Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov
24.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books | Series: Penguin Classics | Reading Level: very good
'Manuscripts don't burn'In Soviet Moscow, God is dead, but the devil - to say nothing of his retinue of demons, from a loudmouthed, gun-toting tomcat, to the fanged fallen angel Koroviev - is very much alive. As death and destruction spread through the city like wildfire, condemning Moscow's cultural el ...Show more
Frogs and Other Plays by Aristophanes
26.00 NZD
Category: Classic Books
Marrying deft social commentary to a rich, earthy comedy, the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' "The Frogs and Other Plays" offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This "Penguin Classics" edition is translated by David Barrett with revisions, an i ...Show more