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  • Published: 26 February 2015
  • ISBN: 9780141398747
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64
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O Cruel Alexis



Little Black Classics - the new series to celebrate Penguin's 80th anniversary

'But I, while vineyards ring with the cicadas' scream,

Retrace your steps, alone, beneath the burning sun.'

Virgil's lyrical, wistful and often witty pastoral poems.

Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.

Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE). Virgil's other works available in Penguin Classics are The Aeneid, The Eclogues and The Georgics.
%%%'But I, while vineyards ring with the cicadas' scream,
Retrace your steps, alone, beneath the burning sun.'
Virgil's lyrical, wistful and often witty pastoral poems.
Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.
Publius Vergilius Maro (70-19 BCE). Virgil's other works available in Penguin Classics are The Aeneid, The Eclogues and The Georgics.

  • Published: 26 February 2015
  • ISBN: 9780141398747
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 64
Categories:

About the authors

Virgil

Virgil (70–19 BCE) was the preeminent poet of Augustan Rome, whose works redefined the Latin literary tradition. His magnum opus, the Aeneid, established a foundational national myth for Rome, linking its origins to the survivors of Troy. Beyond this epic, his Eclogues and Georgics showcased a mastery of pastoral and didactic verse. Revered for his technical precision and profound exploration of fate and duty, Virgil’s influence endured through the Middle Ages, famously serving as Dante’s guide in the Divine Comedy.