Whole Lotta Lit

[Dave Monroe]

Tuesday, October 4, 2005

1,000+ classic tales
Whole lotta lit

Penguin's complete set of 1,082 classics will set you
back nearly 8 grand

By Tamara Ikenberg
tikenberg at courier-journal.com
The Courier-Journal

There's no question that the massive "Penguin Classics
Library Complete Collection" contains some pretty
heavy reading -- 700 pounds of it, to be exact.

The 1,082-book offer retails for $7,989.50 on
Amazon.com. Add 90 feet of shelf space, and your
friends surely will marvel that you own every
Shakespeare play and three different editions of
"Beowulf." ...

[...]

There are two or three authors, though, including
Thomas Pynchon, still living.

[...]

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20051004/FEATURES06/510040317/1040


		
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