''Penguin Red Classics'' is a series of novels published by
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year. The books are from the
Penguin Classics
Penguin Classics is an imprint of Penguin Books under which classic works of literature are published in English, Spanish, Portuguese, and Korean among other languages. Literary critics see books in this series as important members of the Western ...
imprint, but do not contain any introductory material or commentary, instead focussing on the story.
The books
References
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Penguin Classics
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See also
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Great Books of the 20th Century ''Great Books of the 20th Century'' is a series of twenty novels published by Penguin Books released at the end of the millennium.
The following novels are included in the series:
*''Heart of Darkness'' by Joseph Conrad (1899–1902)
*''Swann's Wa ...
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Penguin Essentials
''Penguin Essentials'' (also called ''Essential Penguins'') refers to two series of books published by Penguin Books in the UK. The first series began in 1998, and the second in 2011. For both series, the classic books were released in smaller A ...
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Pocket Penguins
Pocket Penguins is a series of books released by Penguin Classics in 2016. The series echoes the style of the original Penguin Books, with smaller A-format size, and tri-band design. The first 20 books were released in May 2016, and described by ...
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Ten of the Best ''Ten of the Best'' was a boxed set of novels published by Penguin Books with the strapline ''Ten top novels from ten leading authors'', ({{ISBN, 0140954406)
Included in the set:
*'' The Best of Rumpole'' by John Mortimer
*'' Brazzaville Beach'' b ...