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Your favourite classics, in beautiful deluxe editions with foiled covers, sprayed edges and marbled endpapers, complete with a silk ribbon.

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Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics

Introducing Penguin Modern Aotearoa Classics A gorgeous new collection of some of our favourite Kiwi stories.

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The Secret History

The snow in the mountains was melting and Bunny had been dead for several weeks before we came to understand the gravity of our situation.