Introducing Little Black Classics : 80 books for Penguin’s 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions. 1. Mrs Rosie and the Priest by Giovanni Boccaccio Four hilarious and provocative stories from Boccaccio’s Decameron, featuring cuckolded husbands, cross-dressing wives and very bad priests. 2. As Kingfishers Catch Fire by Gerard Manley Hopkins ‘O let them be left, wildness and wet’ As Kingfishers Catch Fire is a selection of Gerard Manley Hopkins’ incomparably brilliant poetry, ranging from the ecstasy of 'The Windhover’ and 'Pied Beauty’ to the heart-wrenching ...
Since 2008, Penguin have published classic literature in a beautifully packaged format: the Clothbound Classics serie s. Each edition is bound in cloth, with covers individually designed by the talented Coralie Bickford-Smith . Several new titles have been published since I first created a complete list of this collection, including all three volumes of Proust's Rememberance of Things Past and Jule's Verne's 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea . So I decided to update the list to include these new titles, along with a free printable download with full details of each title to assist in completing your own collection. In order of publication, here is the complete list of Penguin Clothbound Classics to date (August 2017): Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert Great Expectations by Charles Dickens Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen Cranford by Elizabeth Gaskell Tess of the d'Urbervilles...
It may surprise you to know that many of Studio Ghibli's catalogue of films originate from literary sources. Howl's Moving Castle and Arietty are among the adaptations most people are aware of, yet we've discovered that 13 of the studio's 22 feature films find their origins in books. Here is a list of those films which have been adapted from the printed page for anime by the Japanese giant of animation. Grave of the Fireflies This semi-autobiographical short story was written by the by Japanese author Akiyuki Nosaka in 1967 (later published as a novel including other short stories) and was adapted for the big screen by Studio Ghibli in 1988. This is a heartbreaking story, both on the screen and the page, as it is based on the author's experiences before, during, and after the firebombing of Kobe in 1945. Kiki's Delivery Service Kiki's Delivery Service is based on the popular Japanese children's novel, Witches Express Home Delivery (魔女の宅急便 or Majo no Takk...
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