/lit/ - Literature

>>22644302
Based. Good texts, with introduction and notes, and cheap. This shit would be very expensive in my country

Cring but ok

>>22644302
Good but could be improved

>>22644302
Oxford World Classics is better

>>22644312
and what country is that? India?

>>22644338
Depends on the book

>>22644302
Their new cover design sucks. They also seem to have downgraded the paper quality.

>>22644302
Personally I prefer Oxford World Classics, but Penguin is great for being broadly availible and (normally) cheaper in comparison

>>22644302
That penguin looks like his girlfriend just slapped a swole drunk dude at the bar

>>22644302
wordsworth > oxford >>> dogshit >>>> your moms minge >>> penguin

>>22644302
Based. Very comfy books.

they're still decent but paper quality and print quality have gone down, though it seems this is happening with many publishers

>>22644302
Wokesters run it now and are trying to stuff pocs in there

>>22644656
In what way?

>>22644302
penguins are my favourite animal

>>22644302
"Classics" is a huge joke.

Imagine letting other people and "the general consensus" decide what's worth reading and not reading as broadly as you can to make up your own mind.

Being historically important =/= Being a good book still

Most classics are shit.

>>22644759
Name 5 shit classics

>>22644767
NTA but I can spot 5 shit penguin classics from where I'm sitting in my lounge:
Lady Chatterley's Lover
Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance
The Great Gatsby
War and Peace
Agnes Grey

>>22644338
Oxford -
>blown out intros written by onions grad students
>extremely frequent print errors, mis-cut pages, etc
>cheap quality paper which makes their books age like ham in the sun
Yeah the bird beats them in every manner. Just go into any used bookstore. The black penguins hold up fairly well whereas any Oxford older than 5 years looks like it will disintegrate in the wind

>>22644816
Yeah your fulla shit. Zen has never had a classics print from penguin, the rest just signify you have shit taste.

>>22644816
>War and Peace
>Shit
Opinion discarded

>>22644664
Hes just a gay BrAP lover who cant cope with Penguin putting out a few black and African authors hes never heads of in their classics line

>>22644302
Is there an actual reason for why the choose such a random animal as a penguin?

>>22644941
they wanted to be "classy" and penguins kind've look like they are wearing a tuxedo

>>22644338
I have some Oxford World Classics because I wanted some specific translations, but the construction quality is shit. The ink always smears under my fingers. And the margins are small so it's difficult to hold without fingers touching the ink, which means smearing is inevitable.

>>22644302
Most of the books my parents had that I read growing up were old Penguin Classics paperbacks, and that's usually what I buy. They're cheap, you can carry them around, and they seem basically durable. I guess if you're some kind of hardcore book collector it might not be what you want, but for the average person who just wants to read the text I think the Penguin editions are pretty decent.

>>22644492
>>22644352
To be fair, I have noticed this. I still have a bunch of my parents' old paperbacks and the quality of the older ones seems much higher.

>>22644436
kek. Now I can't unsee it.

I like them and they get the job done but original book covers would be awesome

>>22644302
Maximum based is buying used Penguin Classics publications.

>>22645362
>used
disgusting

Good, but I tend to only buy them used. I tend to prefer Dover, Wordsworth, and Signet editions.

>>22644829
>Yeah your fulla shit. Zen has never had a classics print from penguin
My bad, I could only see the spine, you're right it's penguin but not penguin classics. Fucking garbage book anyway.
>the rest just signify you have shit taste.
Elaborate
>>22644844
War and Peace was historically important, I'll grant it that, but there is no reason to read that book for pleasure in 2023

>>22645405
Why? I usually prefer to buy used books.

>>22645515
Because people are disgusting. They sneeze and cough into the books and pick their noses before turning a page. Yuck.

>>22645533
Quit being a little bitch dude

>>22644302
>Cheap
>Usually very small so it allows me to have more books in my shelf

So in that regards it's based, however they don't really do cover art or anything cool which can suck.

>>22644302
Why would a publisher that makes readily available a ton of classic and minor classic titles at an affordable price not be based?

>>22644302
Incredibly based

>>22645087
use a paper bookmark between your finger/thumb and the page. Pain in the ass, but better than smudging

sometimes penguins just head into the mountains
love linux

>>22644302
Based. They allowed many people to afford books they couldn't have otherwise. It's a shame how fast their bookspines crack.

>>22644302
Gay but shit but good but queer, Oxford world classics Chad's got it

>>22645456
Anna karenina is the only pleasure i get out of life anymore, or the highest pleasure I should say I strongly doubt war and peace couldn't have the same thing said for it

usually fine or good

>>22644302
Either I pay 50 dollars for a Loeb which is of objectively superior quality in every way or buy 3 Loebs worth of content for half the price