Ugly pieces of shit, hate ’em.
The Penguin Modern Classics are 100x better.

Agree I put them all in the little public book box when I decided I wanted a nice looking shelf. A fourth of the cover is just black it's stupid

>>24529048 (OP)
why do they get damaged so easily?

I agree they're not beautiful, but they're one of the most readily available when it comes to more obscure stuff. I feel like the nice looking, tasteful designs are only for the real normie-tier literature. If it was between Penguin and nothing when it comes to some stuff, I'll take Penguin. Also, the design could be a lot worse. At least it's consistent

>The Portable 60s Reader
The fuck is that?

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>>24529068
>Penguin Classics
>obscure stuff
In what world?

>>24529048 (OP)
if they're cheap make get classic literature available to the masses, that's the most important part. go buy a hardback edition if you want to wank with it on your bookshelf

I miss the Barnes and Noble classics series.

>>24529048 (OP)
They're fine. I don't buy books to look at the cover. Well sometimes but only if they are somehow funny.

>>24529048 (OP)
>shit cover design
>shit cover quality
>shit paper
>shit fonts
>shit notes
Yeah, fuck them. Everyman's and Norton is where it's at.

>>24529076
They're the only publisher that sells Dream of the Red Chamber.

>>24529078
>cheap
Not really, no. Wordsworth and Collins are way cheaper. They have roughly the same price as Oxford, but with worse book quality.

>>24529076
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Penguin_Classics

It's an impressive list

The modern series is the same thing, just with a pale green spine though, so I don't get why you prefer them?

I don't like large series that have the same design. If you get a bunch of them clustered together on a shelf, it creates a black (or pale green) pit. At least vary the spine color like NYRB if you need to stick to a consistent design.

I like Penguin Classics Deluxe aesthetically, but some of my copies are pretty fragile, especially the larger books.

>>24529127
The modern classics have way better covers in most cases, and the turquoise spine with black text looks a lot better than black spines with orange and white text. The creases also aren’t as prevalent. They still aren’t ideal though.

>>24529124
in the UK they're the cheapest you'll find by far plus availability. without going to a large bookshop or specialised one, every small chain bookshop will have at least a small section of penguin classics

>>24529136
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Tender-Night-Collins-Classics-Fitzgerald/dp/0007449488/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/0141183594/

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Modern-Prometheus-Penguin-Classics/dp/0141439475/
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Frankenstein-Modern-Prometheus-Wordsworth-Classics/dp/1853260231/

>>24529132
>The modern classics have way better covers in most cases, and the turquoise spine with black text looks a lot better than black spines with orange and white text

What about Oxford World Classics?

>>24529399
Who?

>>24529048 (OP)
how about reading the books instead of posturing over consumption preferences?

>>24529399
Better than Penguin in most cases DESU

>>24529066
Cheap materials. The cardboard is rigid and the pages are sensitive to humidity.

>>24529093
thoughts on the cover of the argonautica

>>24529048 (OP)
I dunno they work well for me

>>24530089
Unless it's nicocado's gaping shitter I don't really care.

>>24529048 (OP)
so sick of DEI crap it's not worth the pulp it was printed on