书名：The Penguin Classics Book企鹅经典作品阅读指南

作者：Henry Eliot

出版社名称：Particular Books

出版时间：2018
语种：英语
ISBN：9780241320853
商品尺寸：20 x 4.1 x 25.3 cm

包装：精装
页数：480（以实物为准）
★企鹅出版《经典文学指南》

★品牌总监Henry Eliot亲自撰写编排！

拥有80年历史的Penguin Books，是世界知名的文学出版社。其出版品项既深且广，涵盖种类相当齐全：从古典文学到现代文本，从剧本小说到诗集，都涵盖在内。

本书《The Penguin Classics Book》更是横跨时空，最远从各古文明如：希腊罗马、中国、印度等文学开始说起，一路介绍到第一次世界大战时的文学转变。其中收录各时期、各地区的代表性小说、诗集、戏剧、历史、哲学类书籍。前前后后一共收录了500多位作家、1200多本书，横亘4000年人类文学历史！

内容除了文本简介、作者介绍、还有推荐阅读，并有大量企鹅出版品彩色书封当作插图。此外，此书整体设计极具质感：近500页的精装装订，书封採用极美的橘红色为底，送礼自用都非常适合！

对初学者而言，此书是极佳的文学史入门书。

对重度阅读者而言，此书更是一生必收藏的经典！

The Penguin Classics Book is a reader's companion to the largest library of classic literature in the world.

Spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, with Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics and much more in between, it encompasses 500 authors and 1,200 books, bringing these to life with lively descriptions, literary connections and beautiful cover designs.

HenryEliotis the author of The Penguin Classics Book, Follow This Thread and Curiocity (with Matt Lloyd-Rose). He has organized various literary tours, including a mass public pilgrimage for the National Trust (inspired by William Morris), a recreation of Chaucer's Canterbury Tales that raised money for the National Literacy Trust, a Lake Poets tour of Cumbria and a quest for the Holy Grail based on Malory's Morte D'Arthur. He likes maps, mazes and literature, walking, running and swimming. He lives in London.