The Happy Reader – Issue 10

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained. 
 
The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles. 
 
In The Happy Reader 10, our summer classic is Yevgeny Zamyatin's We

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained. 
 
The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles. 
 
In The Happy Reader 10, our winter classic is Yevgeny Zamyatin's We.

The Happy Reader - Issue 7

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained. 
 
The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles. 
 
In The Happy Reader 7, our summer is Virginia Woolf's ground-breaking novel Mrs Dalloway and we welcome the inimitable genius of the curator, critic and author Hans-Ulrich Obrist as our cover star

The Happy Reader - Issue 6

For avid readers and the uninitiated alike, this is a chance to reengage with classic literature and to stay inspired and entertained. 
 
The concept of the magazine is simple: the first half is a long-form interview with a notable book fanatic and the second half explores one classic work of literature from an array of surprising and invigorating angles. 
 
In our sixth issue we talk to the incredibly talented readerly and writerly actor, Ethan Hawke, and go on a Scandinavian adventure with Selma Lagerlöf's celebrated masterpiece The Saga of Gösta Berling

Penguin Classics: The Catalogue

You can't write, read, or live fully in the present without knowing the literature of the past. Penguin Classics opens the door to a treasure house of pure pleasure, books that have never been bettered

Penguin and Classics are words that go together like horse and carriage or Mercedes and Benz. When I was a university teacher I always prescribed Penguin editions of classic novels for my courses: they have the best introductions, the most readable notes, and the most carefully edited texts

'From books, all I seek is to give myself pleasure by an honourable pastime' Michel de Montaigne 
 
In 1946, E. V. Rieu's groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey established a cultural legacy that would bring the world's most compelling and influential literature to millions of readers around the globe. For over sixty-five years, Penguin Classics have been making works that were once the sole preserve of academics accessible to everyone; this catalogue offers a complete list of all titles in print across the list - more than 1,200 books, from Aristotle and Austen, to Zola and Zamyatin. It also features Michel de Montaigne's enchanting essay 'On Books'. 
 
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