#penguinclassics

[backpacksnstuff]

I’m reading a beautiful collection of stories this month: one story per day as “a medicine for melancholy”. There are stories by famous authors (Ray Bradbury, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, O. Henry), some authors I didn’t know of and now want to read their other works (Saki, Damon Runyon) and some authors that are very special to me (Dylan Thomas, Italo Calvino). Do you have a favourite Christmas story? #bookstagram #booklover #shortstory #shortstorycollection #penguinclassics #thepenguinbookofchristmasstories #christmasstory #christmasiscoming #christmasmood #whatiamreading #whattoread #whattoreadnext #classicliterature (at Tallinn, Estonia) https://www.instagram.com/p/CIYFqwHAlxU/?igshid=2h662qqmfhsf

[theroguequeenaniki]

#kimickaphotoaday October Day 6: Mad Hatter #NationalMadHatterDay The Hatter opened his eyes very wide on hearing this; but all he said was “Why is a raven like a writing-desk? .... “Have you guessed the riddle yet?” The Hatter said, turning to Alice again. “No, I give up,” Alice replied. “What’s the answer?” “I haven’t the slightest idea,” said the Hatter. “Nor I,” said the March Hare. Alice sighed wearily, “I think you might do something better with the time,” she said, “than wasting it in asking riddles that have no answers.” “If you knew time as well as I do,” said the Hatter, “you wouldn’t talk about it. It’s him.” “I don’t know what you mean,” said Alice. “Of course you don’t!” the Hatter said, tossing his head contemptuously. “I dare say you never spoke to Time!” -Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Chapter VII (7) A Mad Tea-Party. By Lewis Carroll #madhatter #themadhatter #amadteaparty #alicesadventuresinwonderland #aliceinwonderland #lewiscarroll #johntenniel #johntennielillustrations #classic #clasicliterature #templateapp #penguin #penguinbooks #penguinclassics #photo #photoaday #photoadaychallenge https://www.instagram.com/p/CGBUiWBH3E_/?igshid=11etu2rpappq2

[thisliterarylife]

So blown away by this book I’m jumping right back in and reading again. Anyone else a #hauntingofhillhouse fan? Should I watch the @netflix shows too? 🍂 #amreading #bookstagram #amreadingclassics #penguinclassics #bookstagram #bookish #bookworm #horrorbooks #spookyseason #autumn #cozyautumn #bookstagrammer #bookblog #bookblogger #bookblr #readingtime📖 https://www.instagram.com/p/CGiF6ZqnYsW/?igshid=pviwghcovhmu

[marksinn]

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A few weeks ago, as I sat furiously searching for information on and examples of Swiss Style design, I realised that books in my living room had been Swiss-staring at me for years: 

“Good old Penguin classics!” I thought to myself, “Isn’t it incredible that for so many years I’ve enjoyed the basic and clear covers on these ubiquitous wonders?”

Well, today when writing up my findings on the works of Muir and McNeil, Jan Tschichold slapped me in the face. His name popped up as one of the many designers who wrote the book on typefaces (his is called Die Neue Typographie). 

But not only did he provide hard and fast rules for how type should look, the man also fathered a design seen around the world - printed on the canvas bags of the bibliophile - and probably magnetised to your auntie’s fridge!

I’ll forgive him the lack of apostrophe, he was clearly a genius, and it was Europe in the 1940′s - there was a lot going on.

REFERENCE:

Flask, D. (2019). Jan Tschichold : Design Is History. [online] Designishistory.com. Available at: http://www.designishistory.com/1920/jan-tschichold/

[bookpatrol]

Cover image for The Penguin Book of Witches. Edited by Katherine Howe, 2014 #witches #halloween #penguinclassics #bookcover https://www.instagram.com/p/B3pVCPqHt1v/?igshid=15l5b2glwthpg

[blvckmercvry]

[bahhumpug]

I'm determined to read all my book box sets in 2020, including this set of pocket penguins that Penguin released for its 70th birthday back in 2005. * #funaekreads #funaekbooks #instabooks #instareads #penguinbooks #penguinboxset #pocketpenguins #pocketpenguinseries #pocketpenguinboxset #penguin70thanniversary #penguinclassics #pocketpenguin70s https://www.instagram.com/p/B6on8a9go61/?igshid=1ad4nbbp0ltzy

[thomasbombadilius]

Just some light reading to break up the Post-Fantasy blues! This is a collection of 4 books with illustrations from the creator of St. Trinians! It’s a diary written from the perspective of the fictional public school boy Nigel Molesworth! So lots of jokes about mean teachers and plenty of misspellings! #books #bookstagram #molesworth #penguinclassics #penguinbooks https://www.instagram.com/p/B2WXFsBHPOJsk5FNrGZb4-qTnd7wWrKaMJIkFc0/?igshid=itmoz2kpmj5q