Some of these Great Ideas are complete works, but I never know which ones they are whenever I see them in the bookshop. This is particularly the case with their Great Ideas series: I plan on catching up on my philosophical reading in the future, and it makes little sense to only read single tidbits when I plan on going deeper. In general, I’ve tended to avoid these short Penguin books because as a collector, I don’t like incomplete segments. But in terms of the artistic autonomy of the short story, the experiment is worth considering. If Ted Gioia is right and long-form content is on its way back, then we will see if these short books endure. They resonate well with how our brains process information in clips now that we have smartphones.

Not only are they affordable - especially since philosophy books are seldom the cheapest. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.The success of this shorter book content is understandable.

With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. This edition also contains new suggestions for further reading by Moffat and explanatory notes by Malcolm Bradbury.įor more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. In her illuminating introduction, Forster biographer Wendy Moffat delves into the little-known details of his life before and during the writing of A Room with a View, and explores the way the enigmatic author’s queer eye found comedy in the clash between English manners and the unsettling modern world, encouraging his reader to recognize and overcome their prejudice through humor. More than a love story, A Room with a View (1908) is a penetrating social comedy and a brilliant study of contrasts - in values, social class, and cultural perspectives - and the ingenuity of fate. Upon her return to England, Lucy becomes engaged to the supercilious Cecil Vyse, but she finds herself increasingly torn between the expectations of the world in which she moves and the passionate yearnings of her heart.

Visiting Florence with her prim and proper cousin Charlotte as a chaperone, Lucy Honeychurch meets the unconventional, lower-class Mr. Forster's beloved novel of forbidden love, culture clash, and the confines of Edwardian society

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