Illustrated Collector's Guide to the Penguin Deluxe Classics

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Introduction

This paperback series of ‘deluxe editions’ includes numerous world classics, featuring wraparound cover art by renowned comic artists, illustrators and graphic novelists. The volumes are glue-bound, but this is one of the rare series for which Penguin use acid-free paper (the others being their hardback books), and they are very nicely presented with matte paper covers made of a lovely dense card, wraparound art on French flaps (like a mini-dust jacket) and deckled page edges. They usually make use of up-to-date translations and include extremely valuable notes and introductions by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors. 

The books follow a mostly cohesive size and presentation structure, which seems to be primarily under the design direction of Paul Buckley, but there are lots of variations and different interpretations, which makes for a really fun shelf. There are also several sub-series within the collection as well, such as the Graham Greene Anniversary Centennials, the Couture Collection by fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo, the Penguin Threads Children’s Classics, and the Graphic Deluxe Edition titles which feature covers by renowned comic artists. I have a lot of fine press editions of the classics already in my library, but I find these paperbacks useful additions because of their affordability, notes, and how easily portable/lendable/annotatable they are.

I’ve listed the books in order of production because I enjoy seeing how the designs progress over the years, and have added in the most important details like who wrote the scholarly notes, which translation is used, as well as the cover designer if possible. If the books were published in different years across the pond, US date is listed first. I’m also slowly adding in the full cover art for each book in the series, so you can enjoy the whole design – clicking on the artwork on this page will open a larger version for you to look at. 

Source material and updates

There are various incomplete lists of this series bumbling around, but none of them include all the books. Even the supposedly official list on the Penguin Website contains numerous incorrect ISBNs, because they sometimes update books with details from their most recent edition even if it isn’t part of the deluxe series, and they drop titles off the list when they go out of print. So I compiled this complete list of all the Penguin Deluxe Classics series for my own entertainment using my own purchasing history and library, publisher backlists, individual cover designer websites, Paul Buckley’s Flickr account, Penguin Classics: A Complete Annotated Listing, and a fascinating book on Penguin’s publishing history called Penguin Classics: Cover to CoverIt is also worth noting that there are a few titles I have identified below that that have different covers and annotations depending on where are they are released even though they naughtily use the same isbn, so your purchasing location may impact which edition you receive.

I regularly update the list as new books are released (including upcoming titles), and I do hope the list is useful to someone somewhere out there in the internet! The page was last updated in January 2024. 

Complete list of books in the Penguin Deluxe Classics series

2025 (anticipated)
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No Longer Human by Osamu Dazai


Edited, translated and notes by David Boyd.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143137504, Jun 2025

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The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera


Foreword by Lily Gladstone, introduction by Shilo Kino, contributions by Loreine Roya

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143137450, Jun 2025

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2023-2024
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To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Foreword by Patricia Lockwood, cover design by Alison Bechdel.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143137580, Feb 2023

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Metamorphoses by Ovid

Translated by Stephanie McCarter.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780525505990, Nov 2023

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The Girls' Guide to Hunting and Fishing by Melissa Bank


Foreword by Nick Hornby.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143138150, Jun 2024

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Orlando by Virginia Woolf


Foreword by Andrea Lawlor.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143138211, Jun 2024

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2004-2023: In Search of Lost Time

The first completely new translation of Proust’s 7-volume masterpiece In Search of Lost Time (also translated as Remembrance of Things Past) since the 1920s.

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Swann's Way by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1. Translated, introduction and notes by Lydia Davis. Edited by Christopher Prendergast.

In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437964, Nov 2004

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In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 2. Translated, introduction and notes by James Grieve. Edited by Christopher Prendergast.

In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039075, Jan 2005

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The Guermantes Way by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 3. Translated, introduction and notes by Mark Treharne. Edited by Christopher Prendergast.

In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039228, May 2005

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Sodom and Gomorrah by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 4. Translated, introduction and notes by John Sturrock. Edited by Christopher Predergast.

In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039310, Nov 2005

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The Prisoner by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 5. Translated, introduction and notes by Carol Clark. Edited by Christopher Prendergast.

In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143133599, Jan 2019

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The Fugitive by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 6. Translated, introduction and notes by Peter Coller, edited by Christopher Prendergast.

In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143133704, Jan 2021

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Finding Time Again by Marcel Proust

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 7.
Translated, introduction and notes by Ian Patterson. Edited by Ian Patterson.
In Search of Lost Time / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143133711, Jan 2023

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2022
Collecting Penguin Deluxe Classics | A Guide

The Sun Also Rises  by Ernest Hemingway

Introduction by Amor Towles, cover design by R. Kikuo Johnson.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143136774, Jan 2022

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Monkey King [Xi you ji] by Wu Cheng'en

Foreword and Monkey King illustration by Gene Luen Yang, introduction, translation and notes by Julia Lovell, map by Laura Harman Maestro, cover design by La Boca esign

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143136309, May 2022

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The Custom of the Country  by Edith Wharton

Introduction by Sarah Blackwood, Foreword by Sofia Coppola, cover art by Ruben Toledo.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143137214, Nov 2022

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2021
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The Great Gatsby  by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Introduction by Min Jin Lee, edited and notes by Philip McGowan.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143136125, Jan 2021

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Collecting Penguin Deluxe Classics | A Guide

Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Foreword by Jenny Offill, introduction and notes by Elaine Showalter, edited by Stella McNichol.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143136132, Jan 2021

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2017-2019
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The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe

Things Fall Apart; Arrow of God; No Longer At Ease. Foreword by Kwame Anthony Appiah.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143131342, May 2017

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The Wonderful O by James Thurber

Illustrated by Marc Simont. Introduction by Ransom Riggs.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143130420, Jun 2017

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Anne of Green Gables by L. M. Montgomery

Cover art by Siobhán Gallagher. Foreword by J. Courtney Sullivan, introduction by Benjamin Lefebvre.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143131854, Nov 2017

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Tao Te Ching by Lao Tzu

Translated by John Minford.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143133803, Nov 2019

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2016
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The Master and the Margarita by Mikhail Bugakov

Cover art by Christopher Conn Askew. Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, foreword by Boris Fishman.

50th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143108276, May 2016

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A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce

Cover art by Roman Muradov. Foreword by Karl Ove Knausgaard, notes by Seamus Deane.

Centennial Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143108245, May 2016

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Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger

Cover art by Neil Gower. Translated and introduction by Michael Hofmann, foreword by Karl Marlantes.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143108252, May 2016

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The 13 Clocks by James Thurber

Illustrated by Marc Simont, introduction by Neil Gaiman.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143110149, Aug 2016

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The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson

Cover art by Aron Wiesenfeld, introduction by Laura Miller.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143129370, Sep 2016

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Presence: Collected Stories by Arthur Miller



Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143108474, Nov 2016

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Collected Essays by Arthur Miller

Introduction by Susan C. W. Abbotson.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143108498, Nov 2016

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2015
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Les Miserables by Victor Hugo

Cover art by Jillian Tamaki. Translated and notes by Christine Donougher, introduction by Robert Tombs.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107569, Feb 2015.

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Herzog by Saul Bellow

Cover art by Lynn Buckley. Introduction by Philip Roth.

Bellow Bicentennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107675, May 2015

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The Histories by Herodotus

Translated by Tom Holland, introduction and notes by Paul Cartledge.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107545, May 2015

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The Bloody Chamber and other stories by Angela Carter

Introduction by Kelly Link.

75th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107613, May 2015

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Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass by Lewis Carroll

Cover art by Juan Gomez Aka Bakea. Illustrated by John Tenniel, introduction by Charlie Lovett.

150th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107620, Jul 2015

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Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Cover art by Zohar Lazar. Translated, introduction and notes by Oliver Ready.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107637, Jul 2015

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The Road Not Taken and Other Poems by Robert Frost

Edited and introduction by David Orr.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107392, Aug 2015

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Emma by Jane Austen

Cover art by Dadu Shin. Edited and introduction by Juliet Wells.

200th Anniversary Annotated Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107712, Sep 2015

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The Penguin Arthur Miller: Collected Plays by Homer

Cover art by Riccardo Vecchio. Foreword by Lynn Nottage.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107774, Oct 2015

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The Liar's Club: A Memoir by Mary Karr

Cover art by Brian Rea. Foreword by Lena Dunham.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107798, Nov 2015

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Middlemarch by George Eliot

Cover art by Kelly Blair. Foreword by Rebecca Mead.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107729, Nov 2015

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Sherlock Holmes: The Novels by Arthur Conan Doyle

Cover art by Adam Simpson. Introduction by Michael Dirda.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107132, Nov 2015

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I Ching

Translated with introduction and commentaries by John Minford.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106920, Dec 2015

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2014
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Dubliners by James Joyce

Cover art by Roman Muradov. Foreword by Colum McCann, introduction and notes by Terence Brown.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107453, May 2014

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Candide by Francois Voltaire

Cover art by Chris Ware. Translated by Theo Cuffe, introduction by Michael Wood.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039426, Oct 2005

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2013
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The Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri

Cover art by Eric Drooker, translated, introduction and notes by Robin Kirkpatrick.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107194, Feb 2013

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The Collected Poems by Marcel Proust

Dual-language edition with parallel text. Introduction and notes by Harold Augenbraum.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106906, Mar 2013

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The Appointment in Samarra by John O'Hara

Cover art by Neil Gower, introduction by Charles McGrath

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107071, Apr 2013

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Faces of Love by Hafez and the Poets of Shiraz

Cover art by Nick Misani. By Hafez, Jahan Malek Khatun and Obayd-e Zakani. Translated and introduction by Dick Davis.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107286, Aug 2013

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Fear of Flying by Erica Jong

Cover art by Noma Bar, foreword by Theresa Rebeck.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107354, Sep 2013

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Fairy Tales from the Brothers Grimm, adapted by Philip Pullman

Cover design by Alison Forner.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107293, Oct 2013

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2011-2012: Penguin Threads Collection

A collection of romantic and child-friendly classics with cover art that was originally hand-stitched using needle and thread, then sculpt embossed on both front and inside covers for a textured, tactile reading experience. Creative Director: Paul Buckley; Series Editor: Elda Rotor. I’ve included a few images of both inside and outside covers below, because they’re just that cool…

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Emma by Jane Austen

Cover art by Jillian Tamaki.

Penguin Threads / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106463, Oct 2011

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Black Beauty by Anna Sewell

Cover art by Jillian Tamaki, foreword by Jane Smiley.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106470, Oct 2011

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The Secret Garden by Frances Hodgson Burnett

Cover art by Jillian Tamaki.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106456, Oct 2011

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The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

Cover art by Rachell Sumpter, introduction and notes by Jack Zipes.

Penguin Threads / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106630, Apr 2012

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Little Women* by Louisa May Alcott [*Threads edition]

Cover art by Rachell Sumpter, introduction by Jane Smiley.

Penguin Threads / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106654, Apr 2012 (*note: same ISBN used for the 150th anniversary edition)

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The Wind in the Willows by Kenneth Graham

Cover art by Rachell Sumpter, foreword by Gregory Maguire

Penguin Threads / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106647, Apr 2012

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2012
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The Kama Sutra by Vatsyayana

Illustrated by Malika Favre, translated by A. N. D. Haksar.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106593, Jan 2012

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Titanic, First Accounts (Various Authors)

Cover art by Max Ellis and Rosanne Serra. Edited and introduction by Tim Maltin, afterword by Nicholas Wade.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106623, Feb 2012

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Three Novels of New York by Edith Wharton

Cover art by Richard Gray, introduction by Jonathan Franzen. Includes The House of Mirth; The Custom of the Country; The Age of Innocence

150th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106555, Feb 2012 (note that this title is taller than the series standard)

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Little Women* by Louisa May Alcott [*Anniversary Ed]

Cover art by Carole Hénaff. Edited, notes and introduction by Anne Boyd Rioux, foreword by Patti Smith.

150th Anniversary Annotated Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106654, Apr 2012 (*note: same ISBN used for the Penguin Threads edition)

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The Greek Myths by Robert Graves

Cover art by Ross MacDonald, introduction by Rick Riordan.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106715, Apr 2012

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Sense and Sensibility* edited by Jane Austen [*UK Edition]

Cover art by Audrey Niffenegger. Foreword by Cathleen Schine.

Bicentennial Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106524, May 2012 (*note ISBN is re-used from a 2011 edition)

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Heart of Darkness by Jospeh Conrad

Cover art by Mike Mignola, introduction by Adam Hochschild, afterword by Maya Jasanoff, notes by Timothy Hayes

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106586, Aug 2012

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Travels with Charley: In Search of America by John Steinbeck

Introduction by Jay Parini, cover art and maps by Don Freeman.

50th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143107002, Oct 2012 (*note: the same ISBN is used for a later standard printing that does not feature the "deluxe" writing on the cover)

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The Death of King Arthur, The Immortal Legend by Thomas Malory, retold by Peter Ackroyd

Covert art by Stuart Kolakovic. (Abridged retelling.)

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106951, Oct 2012

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The Book of Common Prayer

Introduction by James Wood

350th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106562, Oct 2012

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2011
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Great Expectations* by Charles Dickens [*UK edition]

Cover art by Richard Sala, introduction by Francine Prose.

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition, 9780143106272, Jun 2011 (*note ISBN is re-used from the 2010 US edition of this title)

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The Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx and Friedrich Engles

Cover art by Patrice Killofer, introduction by Marshall Berman, translated by Samuel Moore.

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition, 9780143106265, Mar 2011

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Persuasion by Jane Austen [US edition]

Cover art by Dadu Shin, edited and introduction by Juliette Wells. 200th Anniversary Annotated / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106289, Jun 2011 (*note same ISBN used for UK and US editions of this title)

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Persuasion by Jane Austen [UK edition]

Cover art by Audrey Niffenegger, introduced by Colm Tóibín. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106289, Oct 2011 (*note same ISBN used for UK and US editions of this title)

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Charlie and the Chocolate Factory by Roald Dahl

Cover art by Ivan Brunetti and Joseph Schindelman, introduction by Lev Grossman.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106333, Aug 2011

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James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl

Cover art by Jordan Crane. Illustrations by Nancy Ekholm Burkert, introduction by Aimee Bender.

50th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106340, Aug 2011

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The Call of Cthulu and Other Weird Stories by H. P. Lovecraft

Cover art by Travis Louis. Introduction and notes by S. T. Joshi.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106487, Sep 2011

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Sense and Sensibility* edited by Jane Austen [*US Edition]

Cover art by Dadu Shin. Edited and introduction by Devoney Looser.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106524, Oct 2011 (*note ISBN is reused on a 2012 UK edition of this title)

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Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

Translated, introduction and notes by Lydia Davis.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106494, Oct 2011

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2009-2010: The Couture Collection

A collection of iconic novels “dressed” in watercolor, pencil or ink by acclaimed Cuban fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo.

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The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Cover art by Ruben Toledo. Introduction by Nina Baym, notes by Thomas E. Connolly.

Couture Collection / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105442, Aug 2009

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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

Cover art by Ruben Toledo. Edited and introduction by Vivien Jones, introduction by Tony Tanner.

Couture Collection / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105428, Aug 2009

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Wuthering Heights by Emily Brontë

Cover art by Ruben Toledo. Edited, introduction and notes by Pauline Nestor, preface by Lucasta Miller.

Couture Collection / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105435, Aug 2009

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Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë

Cover art by Ruben Toledo.

Couture Collection / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106159, Nov 2010

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The Picture of Dorian Gray by Oscar Wilde

Cover art by Ruben Toledo.

Couture Collection / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106159, Nov 2010

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Dracula by Bram Stoker

Cover art by Ruben Toledo.

Couture Collection / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106166, Nov 2010

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2010
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Keith Haring Journals by Keith Haring

Foreword by Shepard Fairey, introduction by Robert Farris Thompson.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105978, Jan 2010

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The Canterbury Tales a retelling by Peter Ackroyd

By Geoffrey Chaucer, cover art by Ted Stearn, translated and adapted by Peter Ackroyd

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106173, Dec 2010

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Collecting Penguin Deluxe Classics | A Guide

Great Expectations* by Charles Dickens [*US edition]

Cover art by Tom Haugomat, introduction by Tanya Agathocleous.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143106272, Dec 2010 (*note ISBN is re-used on the 2011 UK edition of this title)

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2009
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The Short Novels of John Steinbeck by John Steinbeck

Includes Tortilla Flat, the Moon is Down, The Red Pony, Of Mice and Men, Cannery Row, and The Pearl.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105770, Jul 2009/Oct 2011

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Revolutionary Suicide by Huey P. Newton

Cover art by Ho Che Anderson. Introduction by Fredrika Newton.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105329, Sep 2009

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The Qur'an

Translated and introduction by Tarif Khalidi

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105886, Sep 2009

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Cover art by Lilli Carre. Introduction by John Seelye, notes by Guy Cardwell.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105947, Oct 2009

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Moby-Dick or, The Whale by Herman Melville

Cover art by Tony Millionaire. Foreword by Nathaniel Philbrick.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105954, Oct 2009

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The Prince by Niccolo Machiavelli

Translated and introduction by Tim Parks.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105862, Nov 2009

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The Brontë Sisters: Three Novels by Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë

Includes Jane Eyre, Wuthering Heights and Agnes Grey.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105831, Dec 2009

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White Noise by Don Delillo

Cover art by Michael Cho, introduction by Richard Powers.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105985, Dec 2009

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Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton

Cover art by Jeffrey Brown. Introduction and notes by Elizabeth Ammons.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105930, Oct 2009

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2008
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The Aeneid by Virgil

Translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105138, Jan 2008

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Metamorphosis and other stories by Franz Kafka

Cover art by Sammy Harkham. Translated and introduction by Michael Hoffman.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105244, Feb 2008

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On The Road: The Original Scroll by Jack Kerouac

Edited and introduction by Howard Cunnell, additional introductions by Penny Vlagopoulos, George Mouratidis and Joshua Kupetz.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105466, Aug 2008

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The Stone Diaries by Carol Shields

Introduction by Penelope Lively.

125th Anniversary Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105503, Sep 2008

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The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights edited by John Steinbeck

Foreword by Christopher Paolini, edited by Chase Horton.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105459, Dec 2008

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2007
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The Tibetan Book of the Dead edited by Graham Coleman and Thupten Jinpa

Translated by Gyurme Dorje, introductory commentaries by Dalai Lama.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143104940, Jan 2007

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Shahnameh: The Persian Book of Kings by Abolqasem Ferdowsi

Translated by Dick Davis, foreword by Azar Nafisi.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143104933, Feb 2007

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The Three Musketeers by Alexandre Dumas

Cover art by Tom Gauld. Translated and introduction by Richard Pevear.

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition, 9780143105008, Aug 2007

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Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Cover art by Daniel Clowes. Introduction by Elizabeth Kostova, notes by Maurice Hindle.

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition, 9780143105039, Sep 2007/Aug 2011

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Little Women by Louisa May Alcott

Cover art by Julie Doucet, introduction by Jane Smiley, notes by Siobhan Kilfeather and Vinca Showalter.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143105015, Oct 2007

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One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey

Cover art by Joe Sacco. Foreword by Chuck Palahniuk, introduction by Robert Faggen.

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition, 9780143105022, Nov 2007/Jun 2008

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2006
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Confessions by Saint Augustine

Translated by Garry Wills.

150th Anniversary Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039518, Jan 2006

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Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Andersen

Illustrated by Anders Nilsen, translated by Tiina Nunnally, introduction by Jackie Wullschlager.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039525, Mar 2006

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The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Cover art by Charles Burns. Introduced by Eric Schlosser and Ronald Gottesman.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039587, Mar 2006

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Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Cover art by Roz Chast, introduction by Lynne Truss. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039594, Mar 2006

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The New York Trilogy by Paul Aster

Cover art by Art Spiegelman, introduction by Luc Sante.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039839, Mar 2006

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The Portable Dorothy Parker by Dorothy Parker

Cover art by Seth. Edited and introduction by Marion Meade. Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039532, Mar 2006

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The Complete Novels by Jane Austen

Introduction by Karen Joy Fowler. Includes Sense and Sensibility, Pride and Prejudice, Mansfield Park, Emma, Northanger Abbey, Persuasion, and Lady Susan.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039501, Mar 2006

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The Book of Imaginary Beings by Jorge Luis Borges

Illustrated by Peter Sís, translated by Andrew Hurley.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039938, Sep 2006

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Gravity's Rainbow by Thomas Pynchon

Cover art by Frank Miller. [Note that earlier printings of this volume contain typos that were fixed for later printings, e.g. see this review.]

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039945, Oct 2006

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We Have Always Lived in the Castle by Shirley Jackson

Cover art by Thomas Ott. Introduction and afterword by Jonathan Lethem.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039976, Oct 2006

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Philosophy in the Bedroom by Marquis de Sade

Cover art by Tomer Hanuka. Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, introduction by Francine Du Plessix-Gray.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039013, Oct 2006

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The Dharma Bums by Jack Kerouac

Cover art by 'Jason', introduction by Ann Douglas.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039600, Oct 2006

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Rashōmon and Seventeen Other Stories by Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

Cover art by Yoshihiro Tatsumi. Translated by Jay Rubin, introduction by Haruki Murakami.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039846, Oct 2006

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Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence

Cover art by Chester Brown. Introduction by Doris Lessing, edited by Michael Squires.

Penguin Classics Graphic Deluxe Edition, 9780143039617, Oct 2006

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War and Peace Other Stories by Leo Tolstoy

Translated by Anthony Briggs, introduction by Orlando Figes. (Note: this book is slightly taller than the series norm.)

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039990, Nov 2006

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Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Introduction by Larry McMurtry.

30th Anniversary / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143104919, Dec 2006

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2004-2005
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Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy

Translated by Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhonsky, introduction by Richard Pevear.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143035008, May 2004

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Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Introduction by Harold Bloom.

150th Anniversary Edition / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039273, Jun 2005

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Kristin Lavransdatter by Sigrid Undset

Translated by Tiina Nunnally, introduction by Brad Leithauser.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039167, Sep 2005. Reprinted July 2022.

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Candide, or Optimism by Francois Voltaire

Cover art by Chris Ware. Translated by Theo Cuffe, introduction by Michael Wood.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039426, Oct 2005

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2004: Graham Greene Centennial Collection

A collection of Greene’s novels released to coincide with the centennial anniversary of the author’s birth illustrated by Brian Cronin.

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Orient Express by Graham Greene

Introduction by Christopher Hitchens. Cover illustration by Brian Cronin and design by Paul Buckley.

Grahame Greene Centennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437919, Aug 2004

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The End of the Affair by Graham Greene

Introduction by Michael Gorra. Cover illustration by Brian Cronin and design by Paul Buckley.

Grahame Greene Centennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437988, Aug 2004

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The Quiet American by Graham Greene

Introduction by Robert Stone. Cover illustration by Brian Cronin and design by Paul Buckley.

Grahame Greene Centennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039020, Aug 2004

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Travels With My Aunt by Graham Greene

Introduction by Gloria Emerson. Cover illustration by Brian Cronin and design by Paul Buckley.

Grahame Greene Centennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780143039006, Sep 2004

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Brighton Rock by Graham Greene

Introduction by J. M. Coetzee. Cover illustration by Brian Cronin and design by Paul Buckley.

Grahame Greene Centennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437971, Sep 2004

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The Heart of the Matter by Graham Greene

Introduction by James Wood. Cover illustration by Brian Cronin and design by Paul Buckley.

Grahame Greene Centennial / Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437995, Sep 2004

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2002-2003
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The Tale of Genji by Murasaki Shikibu

Translated and notes by Royall Tyler.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437148, Nov 2002

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Siddhartha by Herman Hesse

Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, introduction by Ralph Freedman.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437186, Dec 2002

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The Art of War by Sun-Tzu

Translated, edited and introduction by John Minford.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140439199, Aug 2003

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Twenty Love Poems and a Song of Despair by Pablo Neruda

Illustrated by Pablo Picasso. Translated by W. S. Merwin, introduction by Cristina García.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780142437704, Dec 2003

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1999-2000: Jorge Luis Borges Collection

A coordinated three-book series spanning Borges’ nonfiction, fiction and poetry. The covers were designed by creative director Paul Buckley, and reflect the author’s interest in complex structures such as mazes, labyrinths and libraries.

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Collected Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

Translated, introduction and notes by Andrew Hurley.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140286809, Sep 1999

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Selected Poems by Jorge Luis Borges

Edited by Alexander Coleman. Various translators, including Alastair Reid, WS Mervin, John Updike, Robert Fitzgerald and others.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140587210, Apr 2000

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Selected Non-Fictions by Jorge Luis Borges

Translated and edited by Eliot Weinberger, additional translation by Esther Allen and Suzanne Jill Levine.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140290110, Nov 2000

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1997-2001
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The Odyssey by Homer

Translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140268867, Nov 1997

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The Iliad by Homer

Translated by Robert Fagles, introduction and notes by Bernard Knox.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140275360, Nov 1998

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On the Road by Jack Kerouac

Cover art by Tim Lane.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780140283297, Jun 1999

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The Sagas of Icelanders edited by Jane Smiley

Various authors, taken from The Complete Sagas of Icelanders published by Leifur Eiríksson Publishing, Iceland. Introduction by Robert Kellogg, preface by Jane Smiley.

Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition, 9780141000039, Mar 2001

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