The Mark-2 Wife (7 page)

SAKI  
Filboid Studge, the Story of a Mouse That Helped

ISAAC BASHEVIS SINGER  
The Last Demon

WILLIAM TREVOR  
The Mark-2 Wife

JOHN UPDIKE  
Rich in Russia

H. G. WELLS  
The Door in the Wall

EUDORA WELTY  
Moon Lake

P. G. WODEHOUSE  
The Crime Wave at Blandings

VIRGINIA WOOLF  
The Lady in the Looking-Glass

STEFAN ZWEIG  
Chess

a little history

Penguin Modern Classics were launched in 1961, and have been shaping the reading habits of generations ever since.

The list began with distinctive grey spines and evocative pictorial covers – a look that, after various incarnations, continues to influence their current design – and with books that are still considered landmark classics today.

Penguin Modern Classics have caused scandal and political change, inspired great films and broken down barriers, whether social, sexual or the boundaries of language itself. They remain the most provocative, groundbreaking, exciting and revolutionary works of the last 100 years (or so).

On the fiftieth anniversary of the Modern Classics, we’re publishing fifty Mini Modern Classics: the very best short fiction by writers ranging from Beckett to Conrad, Nabokov to Saki, Updike to Wodehouse. Though they don’t take long to read, they’ll stay with you long after you turn the final page.