The Suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst'Once they are aroused, once they are determined, nothing on earth and nothing in heaven will make women give way; it is impossible.' A potted history of the women who pioneered feminism and changed the world. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the

as compulsively readable as it is an enlightening journey

well-observed adult novels About a Boy

When his plane is lost over France

theatrical panorama of voices to ask a timeless

taking in new scientific discoveries of the past decade

Manhattan Beach takes us into a world populated by gangsters

And she’s determined to let everyone know it…somehow

has a heart attack onstage during a production of King Lear

so profound

Alysia must choose whether to take on the responsibility of caring for her father or continue the independent life she has worked so hard to create

who introduces him to a past where people didn’t live in fear and to a present where one sees the world through the ideas in books instead of the mindless chatter of television

Estranged from his family