Penguin Popular Classics, issued in 1994, are paperback editions of texts under the Classics imprints. They were created as a response to
Wordsworth Classics
Wordsworth Editions is a British publisher known for their low-cost editions of classic literature and non-fiction works.
The firm was founded by Michael Trayler in 1987. The firm began to sell paperbacks at £1 in 1992. The firm has approximat ...
, a series of very cheap reprints which imitated Penguin in using black as its signature colour. The series started with editions with individual painted motives by various painters, but switched to a uniform bright green colour in 2007.
Penguin Books
Penguin Books is a British 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 following year.Penguin Books book series