''Penguin Essentials'' (also called ''Essential Penguins'') refers to two series of books published by
Penguin Books
Penguin Books Limited is a Germany, German-owned English publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers the Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the ...
in the UK. The first series began in 1998, and the second in 2011.
For both series, the classic books were released in smaller
A-format size; the covers were redesigned by contemporary artists to appeal to a new generation of readers.
Many titles appeared in both series.
2011 series
See also
* ''
Great Books of the 20th Century''
* ''
Green Ideas''
* ''
Penguin Crime & Espionage''
* ''
Penguin European Writers''
* ''
Penguin Red Classics
''Penguin Red Classics'' is a series of novels published by Penguin Books in the UK. There are 39 books in the series. The books are from the Penguin Classics imprint, but do not contain any introductory material or commentary, instead focusing o ...
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* ''
Pocket Penguins
Pocket Penguins is a series of books released by Penguin Classics in 2016. The series echoes the style of the original Penguin Books, with smaller A-format size, and tri-band design. The first 20 books were released in May 2016, and described by ...
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* ''
Ten of the Best''
References
External links
Official web site* {{webarchive , url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131214095628/http://www.penguinessentials.co.uk/ , date=14 December 2013 , title=www.penguinessentials.co.uk
Lists of novels
Penguin Books book series