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Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin’s 80th anniversary
‘It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met…’
Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman’s hair - these exquisite reflections on life’s fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses.
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Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin’s 80th anniversary
‘It is a most wonderful comfort to sit alone beneath a lamp, book spread before you, and commune with someone from the past whom you have never met…’
Moonlight, sake, spring blossom, idle moments, a woman’s hair - these exquisite reflections on life’s fleeting pleasures by a thirteenth-century Japanese monk are delicately attuned to nature and the senses.
The Little Black Classics range was launched in 2015, to celebrate Penguin’s 80th birthday. They are beautifully designed, complete little books to be collected, shared and given as gifts. The Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics from around the world and over the centuries. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.