A Stunning Collection of All 80 Exquisite Little Black Classics from Penguin Dive into the world of classic literature with this spectacular box set featuring all 80 books in the Little Black Classics series from Penguin Classics . This collection showcases a rich variety of writers from across the globe—offering an eclectic mix of fiction , poetry , essays , and maxims from authors such as Chekhov , Balzac , Austen , Ovid , Dante , and more. From India to Greece , Denmark to Iran , and Britain to the United States , this collection spans continents and centuries, offering readers a journey through time and culture . Whether you’re a fan of classical mythology , philosophical wisdom , or epic adventures , there’s something in this collection to suit every taste. The Little Black Classics Box Set Includes: The Atheist's Mass – Philosophical story by Honoré de Balzac - The Beautiful Cassandra – Witty tale by Jane Austen - The Communist Manifesto – Political treatise by Friedrich Engels and Karl Marx - Cruel Alexis – Classic tragedy by Virgil - The Dhammapada – Spiritual verses by Anonymous - The Dolphins, the Whales and the Gudgeon – Fables by Aesop - The Eve of St Agnes – Poetic romance by John Keats - The Fall of Icarus – Mythological poem by Ovid - The Figure in the Carpet – Literary mystery by Henry James - The Gate of the Hundred Sorrows – Dark story by Rudyard Kipling - Gooseberries – Short story by Anton Chekhov - The Great Fire of London – Historical account by Samuel Pepys - The Great Winglebury Duel – Humorous tale by Charles Dickens - How a Ghastly Story Was Brought to Light by a Common or Garden Butcher's Dog – Curious story by Johann Peter Hebel - How Much Land Does a Man Need? – Classic parable by Leo Tolstoy - How to Use Your Enemies – Practical wisdom by Baltasar Gracián - How We Weep and Laugh at the Same Thing – Essays by Michel de Montaigne - I Hate and I Love – Poetic verses by Catullus - Il Duro – Short novel by D. H. Lawrence - It Was Snowing Butterflies – Nature reflections by Charles Darwin - Jason and Medea – Mythological epic by Apollonius of Rhodes - Kasyan from the Beautiful Mountains – Russian tale by Ivan Turgenev - Leonardo da Vinci – Biography by Giorgio Vasari - The Life of a Stupid Man – Philosophical story by Ryunosuke Akutagawa - Lips Too Chilled – Haiku poetry by Matsuo Basho - Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime – Dark comedy by Oscar Wilde - The Madness of Cambyses – Historical account by Herodotus - The Maldive Shark – Adventure story by Herman Melville - The Meek One – Psychological tale by Fyodor Dostoyevsky - Mrs Rosie and the Priest – Italian story by Giovanni Boccaccio - My Dearest Father – Personal letters by Wolfgang Mozart - The Night is Darkening Round Me – Poetic reflections by Emily Brontë - The Nightingales Are Drunk – Classical poetry by Hafez - The Nose – Satirical tale by Nikolay Gogol - Olalla – Gothic story by Robert Louis Stevenson - The Old Man in the Moon – Chinese folktale by Shen Fu - Miss Brill – Short story by Katherine Mansfield - The Old Nurse's Story – Victorian tale by Elizabeth Gaskell - On Murder Considered as One of the Fine Arts – Philosophical essay by Thomas De Quincey - On the Beach at Night Alone – Reflective poetry by Walt Whitman - The Reckoning – American story by Edith Wharton - Remember, Body… – Poetic meditations by C. P. Cavafy - The Robber Bridegroom – German folktale by Brothers Grimm - The Saga of Gunnlaug Serpent-Tongue – Icelandic tale by Anonymous - Sindbad the Sailor – Adventure story from Arabian Nights - Sketchy, Doubtful, Incomplete Jottings – Essays by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Socrates' Defence – Philosophical discourse by Plato - Speaking of Siva – Religious text by Anonymous - The Steel Flea – Satirical tale by Nikolai Leskov - The Tell-Tale Heart – Gothic short story by Edgar Allan Poe - The Terrors of the Night – Elizabethan tale by Thomas Nashe - The Tinder Box – Fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen - Three Tang Dynasty Poets – Classical Chinese poetry by Wang Wei - Trimalchio's Feast – Satirical Roman story by Petronius - To-morrow – Short story by Joseph Conrad - Of Street Piemen – Social commentary by Henry Mayhew - Traffic – Observational essay by John Ruskin - Travels in the Land of Serpents and Pearls – Travel narrative by Marco Polo - The Voyage of Sir Francis Drake Around the Whole Globe – Historical account by Richard Hakluyt - Well, They Are Gone, and Here Must I Remain – Poetic reflections by Samuel Taylor Coleridge