Penguin Little Black Classics were more than a marketing device, the short texts helped us read great writers with fresh eyes. I purchased about 50 of them, science, poetry, fiction, ancient literature, philosophy, mythology. Today they are hard to find. Are they worth it? To workers on minimum wages and to students, all books are expensive, which is why public libraries and used bookstores are so essential.
Great video! I discovered the Penguin Modern classics pocket books few years ago, they're kind of a light green color, I found them in a small independent bookstore in Perth, Australia. The first one I bought has 3 Japanese short stories in it. I've just recently discovered the little black Penguin Classics that are sold in a kind of chain bookstore. Both types of these books are between $3-$5 Australian currency. I agree with your comment , people should calm down. I mean a book is a book and the enjoyment of reading and sharing should be enough!📚📖
@@galitnapusa5561 I haven't read all of it but so far so good. It's a mini-book series so all books contain about the same number of pages (54-58). It's a good buy.
I buy them selectively (only bought ones I thought I'd be interested in), so they've all seemed pretty good. I picked up a couple more recently after having taken one with me to jury duty and re-discovering how handy the small size is on days when you don't want to carry a big book.
@@destrideneb , and what about the content? Are these worth buying ? Penguin has not disappointed me so far, but I would be making a huge investment buying all the 80. 😅
@@TheZweeky I haven't bought all 80-perhaps just 10 since I got them individually and not as a box set. I've thought recently about buying the whole set, but a lot of it includes generally famous works you could buy (or get from the library) pretty easily. Personally I wouldn't buy them for the content (which is published elsewhere) but for the small pocket-sized format if it's convenient and you want to take it for a read on the go. If you do buy the entire set, I don't think any of the content is poor as it was curated for the collection (i.e. Penguin wouldn't put unnecessarily bad works out for it.). There's no accounting for taste though.
