Penguin classics

The influential story of the Joad family amidst the Great Depression, illuminating their journey from disparaging Oklahoma to the deceptively promising fields of California.

A spiritual work that explores the purpose of war and the importance of duty through a battle between the Pandava and Kaurava armies.

Esther, the illegitimate child of Lady Dedlock and Captain Hawdon, is the ward of Mr. Jarndyce and lives with him at Bleak House.

Presents over twenty mystery stories featuring popular detective Sherlock Holmes and his devoted sidekick Dr. Watson.

Presents modern-verse translations of Homer's classic epic of the Trojan War and his adventure story chronicling Odysseus's journey home.

Contains three plays representative of Ibsen's development.

Twain returns to Europe, joined by characters based on his friends, on an eccentric journey through Germany, Switzerland, and Italy.

An account of life on the Mississippi in the old steamboat days and Twain's experiences as a pilot.

A reprint of the author's work of political philosophy addressing the idea that obedience to authority, especially in the form of a large bureaucracy such as the political state, is really just a natural response of human nature.

Presents a collection of short stories of American Puritanism, Native Americans, and the Revolution by nineteenth-century American writer Nathaniel Hawthorne, and includes a brief profile of the author and notes on the text.