Penguin Clothbound Classics presents beautiful gift-worthy hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Each book has a minimal and unique cover design, and award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith designs them. Coralie’s talent gives these books a modern, elegant look. When you see them at a book store, I am pretty sure you would want to buy the entire collection at that moment!
Moreover, Penguin Clothbound Classics are the literary classics; everyone should have them in their library. My first book from this collection was Dostoyevsky’s “Crime and Punishment.” After that, I started collecting these beautifully designed books.
What are the Best Books from Penguin Clothbound Classics?
For me, almost every book from this collection is the best! But if I need to make a top-five list, I would choose Cervantes’ Don Quixote, Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Victor Hugo’s Les Miserables and Fyodor Dostoyevsky’s Crime and Punishment.
Below, you will find almost fifty beautiful books from Penguin Clothbound Classics! Mostly, you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover, however, you can judge these books by their covers!
There are many reasons why math people should read Alice in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. Lewis Carroll, the book's author, was a mathematician and logician. The story is full of mathematical references and puzzles. In addition, the story is full of mind-bending concepts that will make you think about math in a new way....
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes is a book by Arthur Conan Doyle with twelve short stories about his made-up detective, Sherlock Holmes. It came out for the first time on October 14, 1892. Between June 1891 and July 1892, each story was published in The Strand Magazine. The stories are not in order of time, and Holmes and Dr. Watson are the only characters who appear in all twelve....
"Don Quixote has spent so much time reading stories of chivalry that he has become convinced that he should live the life of a knight errant himself. These adventures blossom in all kinds of wonderful ways when he is accompanied by his loyal squire, Sancho Panza. Sancho develops a certain degree of sagacity and cunning compared to Quixote, who is often led astray by his fancy and believes that the windmills he tilts at are giants. The sane madman and the wise fool travel the world together, and for almost 400 years, readers' imaginations have been tormented by the combination of the two characters....
Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea is an exciting adventure story! Three men travel with the mysterious Captain Nemo on his submarine, the Nautilus, on an epic journey under the sea. During their crazy trip, they meet the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole, and the corals of the Red Sea. Along the way, they have to fight against many people and monsters. This great work of fiction shows how science can be used to do anything and how dark the human mind can be....
War and Peace by Leo Tolstoy is a classic novel about Russian society during the Napoleonic era. Tolstoy masterfully weaves his characters' personal and political lives, creating a vivid and nuanced portrayal of 19th-century Russia. From the love affairs of the aristocracy to the chaos and destruction of war, War and Peace remain a timeless masterpiece that explores the complexities of human nature and the nature of war itself. Filled with rich detail and unforgettable characters, Tolstoy's novel is a testament to the power of literature to capture the essence of the human experience....
The first stop on Marco Polo's journey, which took place in 1271, was in China. After that, he was Kublai Khan's representative on a number of diplomatic missions throughout the Far East. His subsequent account of his travels offers a fascinating glimpse of what he encountered abroad, including foreign religions, new customs and societies, the spices and silks of the East, and the precious gems, exotic vegetation, and wild beasts of faraway lands. The book by Marco Polo, considered one of the best travel accounts ever written due to its ability to vividly and immediately bring to life a world that has been long gone, revolutionized Western ideas about the East, which were unknown at the time. The new translation...
The classic coming-of-age story told by Charles Dickens is now available in a stunning clothbound Penguin edition. This is the book that Dickens referred to as his "favorite child," and it is widely regarded as the most autobiographical book of his works. Dickens draws openly and revealingly on his own life throughout the course of David's narration of his experiences, which span from his childhood to the time when he realized that becoming a successful novelist was his calling. In addition to Mr. Micawber, a portrait of Dickens's father who evokes feelings of love, nostalgia, and guilt, the cast includes the gloriously vivid Rosa Dartle, Dora, Steerforth, and the 'humble Uriah Heep. Also featured is the gloriously vivid Rosa Dartle....
The tale of Mowgli, the orphaned "man-cub" who wolves raise in the jungles of Central India, is widely regarded as one of the most important and influential works of literature ever produced. Mowgli faces some of the most memorable animals in the jungle, including the bear Baloo, the graceful black panther Bagheera, and Shere Khan, the tiger with the blazing eyes, as he embarks on a series of exciting adventures. Other animal tales included in The Jungle Books include "Rikki-Tikki-tav," which depicts a dramatic conflict between good and evil, and "The Undertakers," which is a macabre comedy about funeral directors. With The Jungle Books, Rudyard Kipling created a rich, symbolic portrait of man and nature as well as an eternal...
The great masterpiece was written by Daniel Defoe and is now available in a stunning new clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, winner of multiple design awards. These delightful and collectible Penguin editions have been bound in high-quality, colorful, and textured cloth, and foil stamping has been incorporated into the design. "I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped up in the contemplation of my deliverance... reflecting upon all of my comrades that were drowned, and that there should not be one soul sav'd but myself... " "I walked about on the shore, lifting up my hands, and my whole being, as I may say, wrapped up in the...
The great American masterpiece was written by Mark Twain and is now available in a stunning new clothbound edition designed by Coralie Bickford-Smith, winner of multiple design awards. These delightful and collectible Penguin editions have been bound in high-quality, colorful, and textured cloth, and foil stamping has been incorporated into the design. Mark Twain's story about a boy who embarks on a picaresque journey down the Mississippi River on a raft did something that no other piece of literature had done before: it captured the voice and experience of the American frontier. When Huck manages to get away from his alcoholic father and the "civilizing" Widow Douglas alongside the fugitive slave Jim, he sets off on a series of adventures...
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