/lit/ - Literature

>>14273721
i buy them you stupid reddit spastic fuck

>>14273733
what do you think of their undisputed masterpiece?

the covers sell, there is no denying it. they are cheap too

>>14273754
that's not the cover of robinson crusoe featuring jon snow and mc ride

>>14273721
They are oftentimes the only English versions available in most European countries

>>14273721
Him.

>>14274446
This pretty much. And they are incredably cheap.

>>14273721
I've seen Wordsworth Classics a few times, but I refrained from buying because they look cheaply made from the website I visited. Have any anons read some of them? How is the build quality (glue, spine, papers falling out)? I've had a terrible experience with Dorian Gray from Alma Classics. The book fell apart even before I began reading it. Had to DIY repair it with wood glue.

Also, which publishers have the best build quality for the price (I can't afford hardbacks atm).

Literally nothing wrong with them for English language classics. I've never had a problem with the pages tearing or the spine breaking.

>>14274804
Then it is good. I will consider them when buying my next round. If they are the cheaper, its better for my wallet

>>14273721
They have some genuinely nice covers.

>>14274862
big if true

>>14274862
*cough*

>>14274867
too bad the translation [it] tastes like piss.

>>14274777
I have a copy of Don Quixote from them and I have no complaints

Schools buy them in bulk because of the price.

I have Chapman’s Homer from Wordsworth. No complaints. It has a tasteful neoclassical painting on the cover too

Average quality, terrible covers. Penguin or Oxford World Classics are infinitely better.

>>14273721
They're cheap.

They're great. I read my single volume 'Le Morte Darthur' once and the spine looks so worn that I can tell people I've read it six times.

Their older ones, from the 90s or so I think, are nice enough looking. I have a few from around then, before they started doing the meme covers, and there's nothing wrong with them. Pic related is very cosy to me. Never had an issue with the quality either, and all mine are second-hand too.

>>14273721
Good covers. Sometimes I like to pretend that the book I'm reading is not some classical work, but a random shit I picked up in an airport. It makes you look at it from a completely different angle and even appreciate a bit more.

>>14275336
I also think their 'Classics of World Literature' editions always looked pretty nice, although I really don't like that new font they've gone with since they changed the design.

>>14275353
Interesting and patrician.

>>14273721
I dunno but they're a gem.

cheap as fuck, decent enough range, does the job, what's not to like?
why do i care what the cover looks like, how long am i gonna spend looking at it, like, it's a book. like, it's made of words. read it and envision what you want.