OCTOBER 2014
Sleepy Hollow
The Fox television series Sleepy Hollow might take some artistic liberties with Washington Irving’s original story, with a resurrected Ichabod Crane battling “netherworld evils” in a modern-day setting, but both book and show (now in its second year) are perfect primers for this Halloween season. Our new black-spine edition of the creepy tale features notes and an introduction by New York historian Elizabeth L. Bradley, and also includes “Rip Van Winkle,” “The Angler” and many other cherished Irving stories.
Of Mice and Men
Missed the Broadway run for Anna D. Shapiro’s Of Mice and Men, which closed in July? You’re in luck: this autumn you’ll have another chance to see James Franco, Chris O’Dowd and Leighton Meester take on the roles of some of the most beloved characters in American literature. National Theatre Live filmed the Broadway production and, beginning November 6, over 700 theaters internationally will be screening the film of the play. Check NTL’s website for screenings near you, and watch for more locations and dates to come.
Read the greatest works of literature in Penguin Classics Deluxe Editions
Classics A-to-Z
With one complete cycle under his belt, Alan Walker, our Senior Director of Academic Marketing and Sales, embarked on yet another Penguin Classics reading marathon of one book by an author per letter of the alphabet. Read Alan's latest blog entries (now at Z), as well as his entire first marathon.
Poems By Heart
Named one of the Best Apps of 2013 by Apple, Poems By Heart from Penguin Classics is a memorization game that will challenge you with classic poems from master wordsmiths including Shakespeare, Edgar Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, and more.
Mark Twain
We're reissuing two of Mark Twain's most beloved novels this OctoberThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer and its pseudo-sequel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (with foreword by Azar Nafisi), a book that ranks among the most important in the history of American literature.