Penguin black classics

[Anonymous No.22097004]

Thoughts on them? Do you like them or are there better cheaper alternatives?

[Anonymous No.22097008]

>>22097004
The glue they use for those smells like shit.
(Verification not required)

[Anonymous No.22097009]

>>22097004
It depends on the title.

[Anonymous No.22097011]

>>22097009
How is crime and punishment?

[Anonymous No.22097035]

>>22097004
I'd rather buy an more expensive version if there is because they're very fragile

[Anonymous No.22097159]

I think the sizing and format of their covers are really ugly and off-putting. They're slightly taller and wider than normal paperbacks. All that blank space taking half the cover, the ugly orange and boring font. Really crappy design.

[Anonymous No.22097168]

>>22097004
I bought one and never again. Every second set of pages used too much ink and the letters are slightly blurred.

[Anonymous No.22097173]

>>22097004
I am distraught by the iconography of a few dozen penguins on my bookshelf. I stick with Everymans library when I can. Probably pricier, but they'll last longer and look nicer.

[Anonymous No.22097174]

>>22097004
I tend to read white authors

[Anonymous No.22097410]

>>22097004
I wish they made hardcovers that weren't clothbound and looked like the black paperback ones.

[Anonymous No.22097437]

I lost respect for them when I learned one of their ancient Greek translations is made by a fake professor who believes in ancient aliens and does Chinese propaganda for a living. Always check the translator/editor

[Anonymous No.22097540]

The quality went to shit in the 00s.
I've got old ones from the 60s to the 90s that are still fine

[Anonymous No.22098037]

>>22097004
I remember reading 1984 from them, and another book advertised after the appendix was literally the communist manifesto

[Anonymous No.22098066]

>>22097004
they slightly changed their design in like 2022 and the quality is also much worse... the pre 2022 penguin classics are actually pretty nice and durable

[Anonymous No.22098080]

>>22097004
Ive always hated Penguin but Morrisey jus cockslapping them and making them eat his seed was the cherry on top.

[Anonymous No.22098086]

>>22097437
Sounds based. What's his name?

[Anonymous No.22098097]

>>22097004
I like the completely random selection you pointed. Marquis de Sade, Nikola Tesla, Jules Verne and Hannah Arendt

[Anonymous No.22098117]

>>22097004
I adore how old Penguin Classics smell. Sweet and decaying, the way that their pages turn into this soft, yellowed brown, how their spines softly wrinkle. I always look out for them when I'm at a secondhand bookstore. Newer Penguins seem a little too rigid, almost.

As far as the editions themselves? They're usually fine. I like how Penguin publishes many classic books that are hard to get a hold of otherwise. I prefer Oxford World's Classics generally, their endnotes/essays tend to be a little better.

[Anonymous No.22098137]

>>22098037
>another book advertised after the appendix was literally the communist manifesto
o no

[Anonymous No.22098181]

>>22097004

[Anonymous No.22098184]

[Anonymous No.22098186]

[Anonymous No.22098191]

>>22097174
>"I tend to read white authors"
>implies that 90% of the authors in a classics reprinting series would not be white
bruh

[Anonymous No.22098211]

test

[Anonymous No.22098268]

>>22097004
Oxford World Classics not only look better but are more solid books that have better end/footnotes.

[Anonymous No.22099170]

I love Penguins, honestly. I don't get the hate in this thread for them. Their translations are generally quality, the books feel good in my hands (though there are a few less-than-great copies on my shelf), and I like how they look on my shelf. They get my seal of shill approval.

>>22097437
>>22098086
Bump, I gotta hear this.

[Anonymous No.22099193]

>>22097004
I like how they feel. The pages are soft and delicate rather than scratchy cardboard and the spine is flexible so the book stays open. Never again will I torture myself to 500 pages of a Signet Classic. You have to break the spine every few chapters just to read the words where the pages meet.

[Anonymous No.22099195]

>>22097004
I love the smell of Penguins. For the money and the enormous list of titles they have, they’re one of my favorites. Not sure why they get the hate they do here other than “popular=bad”

[Anonymous No.22099279]

>>22098191
Greeks aren't white
Italians aren't white
Jews aren't white
Roman Catholics aren't white

[Anonymous No.22099302]

[Anonymous No.22099303]

>>22097004
i like to buy the oxford university publishing editions whenever i can. I find the smell more pleasing

[Anonymous No.22099538]

>The Portable Nineteenth-Ceuntury African American Woman Writers
This is a gag right?

[Anonymous No.22099690]

>>22098211
The reason of your ban?

[Anonymous No.22099692]

>>22099279
t. retarded ignorant /pol/ subhuman

[Anonymous No.22099696]

Penguin, Oxford World, different versions, different format, different translations, ect.

It drives me crazy and makes me a mad lad!

[Anonymous No.22099708]

>>22097004
Personally I just went to used bookstores and grabbed whatever they had for like $2 a piece. And that was years ago, today I wouldn't even do that. I do almost all my reading on my kindle or (god forgive me) phone. I mean, these are all basically in the public domain. Nothing is added by reprinting with some gay intro. It's more important to read these books than to show everyone you've read them.

[Anonymous No.22099714]

only penguins i have are the deluxe borges and paradise lost, newer reprint
the spines creased so fucking easily and terribly as if they were 1,000+ page big paperbacks and they don't feel durable

[Anonymous No.22099757]

>>22099279
You butthurted subhumans will never be truly white. You niggers used to eat grass, dance around rocks, bath in mud and live in huts until not long ago.
I don't care if you're whiter than a fucking albino, you people are niggers born with the wrong skin color.

[Anonymous No.22100185]

Hardcover or paperback?!

[Anonymous No.22100272]

>>22100185
Penguin Classics come in hardback? I thought it was only paperbacks.

[Anonymous No.22100279]

>>22100272
I'm sorry anon, I asked the question in a general sense. I don't think PC does hardcovers.

[Anonymous No.22100721]

>>22097004
I’ve grown to dislike penguin.

[Anonymous No.22100740]

>>22100272
Yes. The covers rub off easily though. They would be nice affordable hardcovers otherwise

[Anonymous No.22100866]

[Anonymous No.22100957]

I've enjoyed them. The paperbacks are of decent quality, though the ink gets smutty because I have sweaty hands. The books have great introductions and notes. Some good examples are Aeneid and Oresteia.

[Anonymous No.22101465]

>>22098080
Morrissey's book is the only Penguin Classic that I own lol