The largest collection of classic literature in the world has a reader's companion in The Penguin Classics Book. It includes 1,200 books by 500 authors, spanning 4,000 years from the legends of Ancient Mesopotamia to the poetry of the First World War, as well as Greek tragedies, Icelandic sagas, Japanese epics, and much more. It brings these to life with vivid descriptions, literary connections, and gorgeous cover designs.