Sunset Song

From books all I seek is to give myself pleasure by an honourable pastime Michel de Montaigne In 1946 E. V. Rieus groundbreaking translation of The Odyssey established a cultural legacy that would bring the worlds most compelling and influential literature to millions of readers around the globe. For over sixtyfive 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 1200 books from Aristotle and Austen to Zola and Zamyatin. It also features Michel de Montaignes enchanting essay On Books. The Penguin Classics though I designed them to give pleasure even more than instruction have been hailed as the greatest educative force of the twentieth century. And far be it for me to quarrel with that encomium for there is no one whom they have educated more than myself E. V. Rieu