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  • “A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies . . . The man who never reads lives only one.”

    George R.R. Martin (American novelist and short-story writer, screenwriter, and television producer—author of the series of epic fantasy novels A Song of Ice and Fire, which was adapted into the Emmy Award-winning HBO series Game of Thrones)

  • “Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.”

    Harper Lee, American novelist, best known for her 1960 novel To Kill a Mockingbird

  • I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”

    Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, poet and travel writer, most noted for writing Treasure Island, Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde

  • “Classic’ – a book which people praise and don’t read.”

    Mark Twain, American writer, humorist, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer

Penguin Vitae

Penguin Vitae is a new deluxe hardcover series from Penguin Classics celebrating a dynamic and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction, The series features bold typographic covers, vibrant foil stamping, and designed endpapers.

Penguin Clothbound Classics

With splendid packaging created by award-winning designer Coralie Bickford-Smith, Penguin Clothbound Classics are beautiful hardcover editions of beloved classic literature. Featuring custom patterns inspired by each work stamped on linen cases, colored endpapers, and ribbon markers, these editions of more than sixty titles are gorgeous and affordable gifts for every occasion.

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