Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith.<\/p>\n
Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of chess on the ocean to a love story on the moon. Beautifully designed and printed, these collectible editions are bound in colourful, tactile cloth and stamped with foil.<\/p>\n
One morning, ordinary salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up to find himself transformed into a giant cockroach. Metamorphosis, Kafka’s masterpiece of unease and black humour, is one of the twentieth century’s most influential works of fiction, and is accompanied here by two more classic stories.<\/p>\n
‘He is the greatest German writer of our time. Such poets as Rilke or such novelists as Thomas Mann are dwarfs or plaster saints in comparison to him’ – Vladimir Nabokov<\/p>\n
Penguin Clothbound Classics Series<\/strong><\/p>\n With splendid packaging created by award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith, Penguin Classics presents beautiful hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Featuring custom patterns inspired by each work stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers, these gift-worthy editions of more than sixty titles including Great Expectations, Far from the Madding Crowd, and Wuthering Heights are one of the most coveted series of classic literature ever produced.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Introducing Little Clothbound Classics: irresistible, mini editions of short stories, novellas and essays from the world’s greatest writers, designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. Celebrating the range and diversity of Penguin Classics, they take us from snowy Japan to springtime Vienna, from haunted New England to a sun-drenched Mediterranean island, and from a game of…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":109075,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[13533,20983],"product_tag":[11548],"class_list":["post-109074","product","type-product","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","product_cat-books","product_cat-literature","product_tag-literature-en","pa_author_att-franz-kafka","pa_cover-hardcover","pa_format-168-x-118-cm","pa_isbn-21053","pa_language-eng","pa_pages-144-en","pa_published-2022-08-25-en","pa_publisher-penguin-en","pa_series-penguin-clothbound-classics","first","outofstock","sold-individually","shipping-taxable","purchasable","product-type-simple"],"yoast_head":"\n