Publisher's Synopsis
A beautiful boxed set of the inaugural five Penguin Vitae titles
WINNER OF AIGA 50 BOOKS | 50 COVERS OF 2020
Penguin Classics launches a new hardcover series with five American
classics that are relevant and timeless in their power, and part of a dynamic
and diverse landscape of classic fiction and nonfiction from almost seventy-five
years of classics publishing. Penguin Vitae provides readers with beautifully
designed classics that have shaped the course of their lives, and welcomes new
readers to discover these literary gifts of personal inspiration, intellectual
engagement, and creative originality. This boxed set contains the inaugural five titles in the series: The Awakening and Selected Stories by Kate Chopin, Before Night Falls by Reinaldo Arenas, Passing by Nella Larsen, Sister Outsider by Audre Lorde, and The Yellow Wall-Paper and Selected Writings by Charlotte Perkins Gilman.
