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Listopia > Penguin 60s Classics (Orange)
To celebrate its 60th anniversary circa 1995, Penguin Books released three boxed sets of Penguin Classics. The main set contained "classic" works. The set with Orange spines focused on 20th century or contemporary writers.
Refer also: Penguin 60s Travel Series
Refer also: Penguin 60s Travel Series
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Mar 22, 2015 11:36PM
Is this list only some of the set, and the other ones I have part of a different (orange) set, or can I add those to this list? eg Elephant Tales, Slow Trains to Simla & Something of Samoa.
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They're part of a different set. This list is made up of 60 works of fiction, whereas the ones you've mentioned are travel writing. You can see how they're arranged here (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Penguin_...). I would place them on a different list, personally, but linked to this one as they're all part of the same anniversary celebration. I've provided a link between this set and the Black Penguin classics, for example.
So then there is the parallel Orange series produced for US markets, with only 13 (I believe) titles in common with the British set. Then there is a ten book set, exclusive to Blackwell’s with only one title in common with any of the other sets. BTW, there are three mini sets - travel, cookery and biography, each with ten titles on no overlap with the main series.
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