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Penguin books

The first Penguin paperbacks appeared in the summer of 1935 and included works by Ernest Hemingway, André Maurois and Agatha Christie. To celebrate its 70th birthday in 2005, Penguin is publishing 70 Pocket Penguins by authors ranging from Homer and Anton Chekhov to F. Scott Fitzgerald and Jamie Oliver. At just £1.50 each they follow Alleneft Lane's ethos of making great writing affordable and available to everybody - now you can own a piece of the Penguin story.