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What’s that? The sound of your heart breaking?...

Tue, 28 Aug 2012 16:11:48 +0100

What’s that? The sound of your heart breaking? Understandable. He just looks so sad…

But if you can pull yourself together and might like to be our new Penguin Press Community Manager in London, then here’s your chance to Impress a Penguin.

You asked, we delivered! Here are your top three Penguin English Library covers, all in beautiful...

Wed, 22 Aug 2012 11:33:00 +0100

You asked, we delivered! Here are your top three Penguin English Library covers, all in beautiful digital downloads:

Jane Eyre

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The War of the Worlds

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The Tenant of Wildfell Hall

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How to Read a Victorian Novel

Fri, 17 Aug 2012 16:19:00 +0100

How to Read a Victorian Novel:

We’re sure you don’t need the help, but you still might find something useful in this guide to reading Victorian novels (for example: yes, oh yes to Post-its).

Finally, try not to let Victorian novels spoil you for anything else. Sure, the work of hip contemporary novelists with promotional billboards may seem thin and reedy once you get used to the rich symphony of the great Victorians, and you’ll be forever comparing mystery novels unfavorably to The Moonstone and muttering “but he’s just not Mr. Thornton” at the end of every romance. But as Henry James (who, frankly, would have benefited from this how-to guide) pointed out, “the house of fiction has not one window, but a million.”

Looking at the biography of Mary Elizabeth Braddon in our...

Wed, 15 Aug 2012 18:25:00 +0100

Looking at the biography of Mary Elizabeth Braddon in our edition of Lady Audley’s Secret, we see that she got her start in much the same way as Samuel Johnson before her and Hemingway since.

YES, LET’S. via This Isn’t Happiness

Mon, 13 Aug 2012 12:22:17 +0100

YES, LET’S.

via This Isn’t Happiness

As post boxes across the UK turn gold (Team GB! Team GB! Team...

Fri, 10 Aug 2012 16:20:56 +0100

As post boxes across the UK turn gold (Team GB! Team GB! Team GB!), remember Anthony Trollope, novelist and introducer of the post box to Britain. Here’s a man honouring the author of the Chronicles of Barsetshire (and also Jess Ennis):

The only surviving footage of Mark Twain, shot in 1909 by one...

Wed, 08 Aug 2012 21:46:04 +0100

The only surviving footage of Mark Twain, shot in 1909 by one Thomas Edison.

The Millions' Great Taxonomy of Literary Tumblrs

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 16:25:00 +0100

The Millions' Great Taxonomy of Literary Tumblrs:

We’re featured, so that’s an assurance of excellent taste right there: go and fill your dashboard with literary goodness.

The second in our short series on the people who made the...

Tue, 07 Aug 2012 15:33:00 +0100

The second in our short series on the people who made the Penguin English Library and their picks of the books.

This time Ruth Stimson, Managing Editor for the Penguin English Library, talks about her job, the usefulness of being a pedant, and introduces a chilling extract from Dracula by Bram Stoker.

The extract comes from the abridged audiobook read by Richard E. Grant (which is available at Audible).

Download as an MP3.

Photographer Dinah Fried’s been taking photos of meals...

Mon, 16 Jul 2012 16:18:00 +0100

Photographer Dinah Fried’s been taking photos of meals from novels for her series Fictitious Dishes, including these for Oliver Twist, Moby Dick and Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

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Here’s the Penguin Pop-Up Shop making its debut...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:57:23 +0100

Here’s the Penguin Pop-Up Shop making its debut appearance: opening for business for the very first time at Penguin heqadquarters on the Strand.

onthestrand: Literally on the Strand! Our Penguin Books pop up...

Thu, 12 Jul 2012 15:22:21 +0100

onthestrand:

Literally on the Strand!

Our Penguin Books pop up shop got its first outing today.