Paico Classics

During the period from April, 1984 to December, 1988 Paico Publishers published a series of books called Paico Classics. As a toddler, that was my first introduction to classics. I came to know Shakespeare, Bram Stoker, H G Wells, Jules Verne etc. through these excellent publications. These books were published in English and Malayalam. If I remember correctly, 51 of them were published. This post is my tribute to the creators behind this. I am tabulating all the 51 editions below.

1. Moby Dick - Herman Melville
2. Robinson Crusoe - Daniel Defoe
3. Dracula - Bram Stoker
4. Macbeth - William Shakespeare
5. Tom Sawyer - Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain)
   
6. Illiad - Homer
7. A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens
8. The Hound of the Baskervilles - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
9. Don Quixote - Cervantes
10. Frankenstein - Mary Shelley
11. The Hunchback of Notre Dame - Victor Hugo
12. The Scarlet Pimpernel - Baroness Orczy
13. The Tempest - William Shakespeare
14. Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoyevsky
15. Othello - Wiliam Shakespeare
16. Oliver Twist - Charles Dickens
    
17. Julius Caesar - William Shakespeare
    
18. Gulliver's Travels - Jonathan Swift
19. King Lear - William Shakespeare
20. Black Beauty - Anna Sewell
21. Hamlet - William Shakespeare
22. Ben Hur - Lew Wallace
23. The Invisible Man - H G Wells
24. The Three Musketeers - Alexandre Dumas
25. Merchant of Venice - William Shakespeare
26. The Prince and the Pauper - Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain)
27. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
    
28. As You Like It - William Shakespeare
29. Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde - R L Stevenson
30. The Mysterious Island - Jules Verne
31. A Midsummer Night's Dream - William Shakespeare
32. The Odyssey - Homer
    
33. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
    
34. Pride and Prejudice - Jane Austen
35. Twelfth Night - William Shakespeare
36. Treasure Island - R L Stevenson
    
37. Ivanhoe - Sir Walter Scott
38. Time Machine - H G Wells
    
39. Huckleberry Finn - Samuel L Clemens (Mark Twain)
40. Food of the Gods - H G Wells
    
41. Great Expectations - Charles Dickens
    
42. Stories of O Henry - William Sidney Porter (O Henry)
    
43. Taming of the Shrew - William Shakespeare
44. Sea Wolf - Jack London
45. Romeo and Juliet - William Shakespeare
46. The Return of the Native - Thomas Hardy
47. The Prisoner of Zenda - Anthony Hope
48. Kidnapped - R L Stevenson
    
49. 20000 Leagues Under the Sea - Jules Verne
    
50. The Man in the Iron Mask - Alexandre Dumas
    
51. The War of the Worlds - H G Wells
    

Intro

Just what the name indicates. Some of them you might find interesting. Some real boring.