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The Book of Common Prayer - (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition) (Paperback)

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  • An exquisite Deluxe Edition of the Anglican prayer book and literary masterpiece commemorating the 350th anniversary of the 1662 edition intimately familiar to our most enduring writers As essential to the canon as the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare, The Book of Common Prayer has been in daily use for centuries.
  • About the Author: James Wood is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a visiting lecturer at Harvard, and the author of the national bestseller How Fiction Works and the novel The Book Against God.
  • 624 Pages
  • Religion + Beliefs, Prayerbooks
  • Series Name: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition

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An exquisite Deluxe Edition of the Anglican prayer book and literary masterpiece commemorating the 350th anniversary of the 1662 edition intimately familiar to our most enduring writers

As essential to the canon as the Bible and the plays of Shakespeare, The Book of Common Prayer has been in daily use for centuries. Originally produced for the Church of England in the sixteenth century by Thomas Cranmer, who was burned at the stake upon the accession to the throne of the ardently Catholic Queen Mary, it contains the entire liturgy as first presented in English--as well as some of the oldest phrases to be used by modern English speakers. Here are daily prayers, scripture readings, psalm recitals, and the services marking such religious milestones as baptism, confirmation, and marriage, all from the 1662 edition, whose influence can be seen in the work of some of the greatest writers in English literature, from Donne and Swift to Austen and the Brontës.

This beautiful deluxe edition includes a new introduction by The New Yorker's book critic James Wood, discussing how The Book of Common Prayer has influenced the English language and literature. Its small trim size allows for easy portability as a daily devotional.

For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.



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"One of the great, abiding works of English literature . . . The acute poetry, balanced sonorities, heavy order, and direct intimacy of its prose have achieved permanence, and many of its phrases and sentences are as famous as lines from Shakespeare or the King James Bible." --James Wood, from the Introduction



About the Author



James Wood is a staff writer at The New Yorker, a visiting lecturer at Harvard, and the author of the national bestseller How Fiction Works and the novel The Book Against God. He lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.7 Inches (H) x 4.5 Inches (W) x 1.9 Inches (D)
Weight: 1.25 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Series Title: Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition
Sub-Genre: Prayerbooks
Genre: Religion + Beliefs
Number of Pages: 624
Publisher: Penguin Classics
Theme: Christian
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Street Date: October 30, 2012
TCIN: 1002295086
UPC: 9780143106562
Item Number (DPCI): 247-37-9067
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.9 inches length x 4.5 inches width x 7.7 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 1.25 pounds
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