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"Aclassicisabookwhichhasneverexhaustedallithastosaytoitsreaders".(from"WhyReadtheClassics?"byItaloCalvino)."PenguinModernClassics"havebeenshapingthereadinghabitsofgenerationssince1961.This50thanniversarycatalogueoffersacompletelistofallthetitlesinprintacrossthe"ModernClassics"list,fromChinuaAchebetoStefanZweigviaGeorgeOrwellandeverythingelseinbetween.ItalsocontainsItaloCalvino'sinspiringessayonwhatmakesaclassicaclassic.