--- product_id: 20678771 title: "Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics)" price: "€ 207.79" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.pt/products/20678771-little-black-classics-box-set-penguin-little-black-classics store_origin: PT region: Portugal --- # Global literary journey 80 classic works Compact travel-friendly Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics) **Price:** € 207.79 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Summary > 📖 Unlock the world’s greatest stories—carry culture, wherever you go! ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics) - **How much does it cost?** € 207.79 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.pt](https://www.desertcart.pt/products/20678771-little-black-classics-box-set-penguin-little-black-classics) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Key Features - • **Travel-Ready Design:** Compact, securely packaged box set perfect for your on-the-go intellectual adventures. - • **World-Spanning Voices:** Experience diverse cultures and eras—from ancient Greece to modern Asia—in one sleek collection. - • **Curated for Every Mood:** Fiction, poetry, essays & maxims—find the perfect read to match your vibe anytime, anywhere. - • **Timeless Literary Treasury:** Dive into 80 iconic classics from global literary legends, curated for the discerning reader. - • **Penguin’s Trusted Excellence:** First-rate translations and impeccable quality ensure a premium reading experience every time. ## Overview The Little Black Classics Box Set by Penguin offers 80 compact, beautifully packaged literary gems spanning centuries and continents. Featuring works from authors like Austen, Poe, and Tolstoy, this collection delivers a diverse mix of fiction, poetry, and essays, all expertly translated and curated for modern readers seeking cultural depth and intellectual enrichment on the move. ## Description A stunning collection of all 80 exquisite Little Black Classics from Penguin This spectacular box set of the 80 books in the Little Black Classics series showcases the many wonderful and varied writers in Penguin Black Classics. From India to Greece, Denmark to Iran, the United States to Britain, this assortment of books will transport readers back in time to the furthest corners of the globe. With a choice of fiction, poetry, essays and maxims, by the likes of Chekhov, Balzac, Ovid, Austen, Sappho and Dante, it won't be difficult to find a book to suit your mood. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of the Penguin Classics list - from drama to poetry, from fiction to history, with books taken from around the world and across numerous centuries. The Little Black Classics Box Set includes: · The Atheist's Mass (Honoré de Balzac) · The Beautifull Cassandra (Jane Austen) · The Communist Manifesto (Fredrich Engels and Karl Marx) · Cruel Alexis (Virgil) · The Dhammapada (Anon) · The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon (Aesop) · The Eve of St Agnes (John Keats) · The Fall of Icarus (Ovid) · The Figure in the Carpet (Henry James) · The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows (Rudyard Kipling) · Gooseberries (Anton Chekhov) · The Great Fire of London (Samuel Pepys) · The Great Winglebury Duel (Charles Dickens) · How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog (Johann Peter Hebel) · How Much Land Does A Man Need? (Leo Tolstoy) · How To Use Your Enemies (Baltasar Gracián) · How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing (Michel de Montaigne) · I Hate and I Love (Catullus) · Il Duro (D. H. Lawrence) · It was snowing butterflies (Charles Darwin) · Jason and Medea (Apollonius of Rhodes) · Kasyan from the Beautiful Mountains (Ivan Turgenev) · Leonardo da Vinci (Giorgio Vasari) · The Life of a Stupid Man (Ryunosuke Akutagawa) · Lips Too Chilled (Matsuo Basho) · Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime (Oscar Wilde) · The Madness of Cambyses (Herodotus · The Maldive Shark (Herman Melville) · The Meek One (Fyodor Dostoyevsky · Mrs Rosie and the Priest (Giovanni Boccaccio) · My Dearest Father (Wolfgang Mozart) · The Night is Darkening Round Me (Emily Brontë) · The nightingales are drunk (Hafez) · The Nose (Nikolay Gogol) · Olalla (Robert Louis Stevenson) · The Old Man in the Moon (Shen Fu), Miss Brill (Katherine Mansfield) · The Old Nure's Story (Elizabeth Gaskell) · On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts (Thomas De Quincey) · On the Beach at Night Alone (Walt Whitman) · The Reckoning (Edith Wharton) · Remember, Body… (C. P. Cavafy) · The Robber Bridegroom (Brothers Grimm) · The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-tongue (Anon) · Sindbad the Sailor · Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe) · Socrates' Defence (Plato) · Speaking of Siva (Anon) · The Steel Flea (Nikolai Leskov) · The Tell-Tale Heart (Edgar Allan Poe) · The Terrors of the Night (Thomas Nashe) · The Tinder Box (Hans Christian Andersen) · Three Tang Dynasty Poets (Wang Wei) · Trimalchio's Feast (Petronius) · To-morrow (Joseph Conrad), Of Street Piemen (Henry Mayhew) · Traffic (John Ruskin) · Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls (Marco Polo) · The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe (Richard Hakluyt) · The Wife of Bath (Geoffrey Chaucer) · The Woman Much Missed (Thomas Hardy) · The Yellow Wall-paper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman) · Wailing Ghosts (Pu Songling) · Well, they are gone, and here must I remain (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Review: Beautiful Collection - Super awesome purchase- excellent selection and fantastic price. You can’t really go wrong with this set! The shipping did take about two weeks for mine, but I’m not sure how usual that is. The books are in great condition! Review: Excellent selection, accessible format - The books came (from India) in a timely manner and undamaged. All the volumes were there. The selection of readings is wonderfully varied, from Western classics to Eastern dynastic poetry. The selected excerpts are well chosen not only to represent the author but also as worthy readings in their own right. Penguin translations are always first-rate, and these volumes are no exception. If you are looking for an introduction to basic literacy, this is a good start. ## Features - Penguin Books - You will receive with a secure packaging - Compact for travelling ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #28,958 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #26 in Modern Literary Criticism #28 in Asian Literature (Books) #231 in European Literature (Books) | | Customer Reviews | 4.6 out of 5 stars 1,419 Reviews | ## Images ![Little Black Classics Box Set (Penguin Little Black Classics) - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/81sHumnuukL.jpg) ## Available Options This product comes in different **Format** options. ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Beautiful Collection *by W***S on July 24, 2025* Super awesome purchase- excellent selection and fantastic price. You can’t really go wrong with this set! The shipping did take about two weeks for mine, but I’m not sure how usual that is. The books are in great condition! ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Excellent selection, accessible format *by R***R on May 10, 2025* The books came (from India) in a timely manner and undamaged. All the volumes were there. The selection of readings is wonderfully varied, from Western classics to Eastern dynastic poetry. The selected excerpts are well chosen not only to represent the author but also as worthy readings in their own right. Penguin translations are always first-rate, and these volumes are no exception. If you are looking for an introduction to basic literacy, this is a good start. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ my dream box set *by R***K on June 10, 2026* This is my dream box set. Waiting for it to arrive in Thailand had me so nervous, but it arrived safely and in perfect condition. 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