Penguin twentieth-century classics

The theme that draws all of these pieces together is modernity. Woolf was writing in a world that was forever changed by the catastrophe that was World War One.

Twilight in Italy is composed of 7 humorous short pieces. Sea and Sardinia is the record of the week Lawrence spent on the island after he was expelled from England, and Etruscan Places is the last of Lawrence's travel books.

The victim of a series of mix-ups which delay his induction into the army, Joseph finds himself facing a year of idleness. Dangling Man is his journal, a wonderful account of his restless wanderings through Chicago's streets.

From the bestselling author of Silent Spring, The Edge of the Sea leads the reader into an unknown world to catch the evanescent beauty of a tide pool and to tell the story of a grain of sand.

This Graham Greene classic outlines his friendship with General Torrijos and his bodyguard, Sergeant Chuchu. It is also an introduction to the political complexities of Central America.

At the time of his death, the poet Von Humboldt Fleischer is a failure, and his friend Charlie Citrine's life has hit rock bottom. Then Humboldt acts from beyond the grave, bestowing upon Charlie a legacy that might turn his life round.

Gathered together in this volume are all of the pieces in Fitzgerald's two collections of shorts stories, including The Ice Palace, Bernice Bobs Her Hair and The Diamond is Big as the Ritz.