Contemporary Review, October 1st, 2005
Penguin Special: The Life and Times of Allen Lane. Jeremy Lewis. Viking. [pounds sterling]25.00. xii + 484 pages. ISBN 0-670-91485-1. Few events have had a greater impact on the democratisation of Western societies than the mass-production of cheap paperback editions of quality books. Although Allen Lane did not invent the idea, he was certainly responsible for its initial success. For while in 1935 much of the rest of the world was preparing for war in the name of various lethal ideologies, this Anglo-Welsh publishing genius invented Penguin Books, which brought literature and education to m...
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