Features three ghostly tales from a master of the form, ‚The Signalman‘, ‚The Trial for Murder‘ and the title story, ‚To Be Read at Dusk‘.

'What is the life of a human being – a drop of dew, a flash of lightning? This is so sad, so sad.'Autobiographical stories from one of Japan's masters of modernist story-telling.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birth ..

‚Although he feared death, he could not stop. 'If I stopped now, after coming all this way – well, they'd call me an idiot!‘ A pair of short stories about greed, charity, life and death from one of Russia's most influential writers and thinkers. ..

‚I could see that she was still terribly afraid, but I didn't soften anything; instead, seeing that she was afraid I deliberately intensified it.‘ In this short story, Dostoyevsky masterfully depicts desperation, greed, manipulation and suicide.I ..

‚There sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels.‘ Though criticised for their anarchic immorality when first published, Hans Christian Andersen's tales made him an international star, taken to the hearts of children and adults for their beauty, so ..

‚She has many rare and charming qualities, but Sobriety is not one of them.‘ A selection of Austen's dark and hilarious early writings – featuring murder, drunkenness, perjury, theft, poisoning, women breaking out of prison, men forging wills and bab ..

‚This is as much a mystery as the Immaculate Conception, which of itself must make a doctor an unbeliever.‘ A stunning pair of short stories about faith and sacrificial love. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Li ..

'He was not blind to the fact that murder, like the religions of the Pagan world, requires a victim as well as a priest…'Wilde's supremely witty tale of dandies, anarchists and a murderous prophecy in London high society.Introducing Little Blac ..

‚She decided she would teach him to speak and he was very soon able to say, 'Pretty boy!‘, ‚Your servant, sir!‘ and 'Hail Mary!" With pathos and humour, Flaubert imagines the unexamined life of a servant girl. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 bo ..

‚It was as if the sea, breaking down the wall protecting all the homes of the town, had sent a wave over her head.‘ One of Conrad's most powerful, gripping stories. Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black ..

Published for the very first time in its own volume, Tolkien's remarkable tale about a painter whose obsession with detail prevents him from finishing his great work.

One of fifty new books at 1.00 pound each, celebrating the pioneering spirit of the Penguin Modern Classics series, from inspiring essays to groundbreaking fiction and poetry – all complete, standalone works, some never published in Penguin Modern Classics before.