Penguin Modern Classics series

E202003
book series literary series

The Penguin Modern Classics series is a renowned collection of influential 20th- and 21st-century literary works published by Penguin, recognized for making important modern literature widely accessible in affordable, curated editions.

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Penguin Classics Modern Classics 1
Penguin European Writers 1
Penguin Modern Classics 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book series ⓘ
literary series ⓘ
aimsTo keep key modern works in print ⓘ
make important modern literature widely accessible ⓘ
provide authoritative modern texts ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
focusesOn 20th-century literature ⓘ
21st-century literature ⓘ
canonical modern works ⓘ
international literature ⓘ
genre classic literature ⓘ
modern literature ⓘ
hasCharacteristic affordable editions ⓘ
critical introductions ⓘ
curated selection ⓘ
distinctive cover design ⓘ
mass-market paperbacks ⓘ
scholarly notes ⓘ
imprintOf Penguin Books ⓘ
includesWorksBy Albert Camus ⓘ
Chinua Achebe ⓘ
Doris Lessing ⓘ
Franz Kafka ⓘ
Gabriel García Márquez ⓘ
George Orwell ⓘ
Haruki Murakami ⓘ
Italo Calvino ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ
Jorge Luis Borges ⓘ
Kazuo Ishiguro ⓘ
Margaret Atwood ⓘ
Philip Roth ⓘ
Salman Rushdie ⓘ
Samuel Beckett ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
Virginia Woolf ⓘ
language English ⓘ
marketedAs Modern Classics ⓘ
notableFor shaping the modern literary canon for English-language readers ⓘ
publisher Penguin Books ⓘ
publisherImprint Penguin Classics series ⓘ
surface form: Penguin Classics
relatedSeries Penguin Classics series ⓘ
surface form: Penguin Classics

Penguin Modern Classics series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Penguin European Writers

Penguin Great Ideas ⓘ
selectionCriteria critical reputation ⓘ
enduring influence ⓘ
literary significance ⓘ
targetAudience academics ⓘ
general readers ⓘ
students ⓘ

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Penguin Group → notableSeries → Penguin Modern Classics series ⓘ
this entity surface form: Penguin Modern Classics
Penguin Classics series → hasSubImprint → Penguin Modern Classics series ⓘ
subject surface form: Penguin Classics
this entity surface form: Penguin Classics Modern Classics
Penguin Modern Classics series → relatedSeries → Penguin Modern Classics series self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Penguin Modern Classics
this entity surface form: Penguin European Writers