Books, books, books

[pegkerr]

Gacked from rivka: The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection. Only $7,989.50 (hey, you save $5,326.34, and the shipping is free!)

From Edwin A. Abottt to Emile Zola, the 1,082 titles in the Penguin Classics Complete Library total nearly half a million pages--laid end to end they would hit the 52 mile mark. Approximately 700 pounds in weight, the titles would tower 828 feet if you stacked them lengthwise atop each other--almost as tall as the Empire State Building. But don't worry, a nice set of bookshelves will hold them side-by-side just fine.

Someone who did buy it took a picture for Amazon. Just look at that. Just look.

Here is the complete list of titles.

Comments

*boggles*

[lapin-agile.livejournal.com]

I'm completely boggled by the idea of buying a complete library of books in one go (Penguin editions or otherwise). Do you then sit down and crack the spines on all those paperbacks to make it look as though you've read them? Is it a design statement? (Look! All the covers have the same colour scheme!) It's like buying one of those sets of leather bound 'classics' (Just 19.95/month for the rest of your natural life!) -- only it's really, really not. Is it supposed to seem more real or less pretentious if you buy that truckload of books you'll never read in paperback instead of in hand-tooled leather?

I must be missing something.

*looks at icon*

Perhaps not.

Re: *boggles*

[romancoat.livejournal.com]

If you're actually going to read it, or have read a lot of it from the library or something, then it's a good deal. If it's just for the look of it, then of course not.

I have English professor friends who would die for this. :)