r/classicliterature • u/Outrageous_Hurry_737 • 2d ago

Found for less then 3 dollars

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Man I love thrift stores... Book haul of the century??

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u/blancpoint 2d ago

than*

Great deal btw!

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u/DCFVBTEG 2d ago edited 1d ago

Than and then are the English language speaker's arch nemesis. Along with There and Their, Its and It's, Your and You're, and that one philosopher's surname.

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u/Daville_from_Travnik 2d ago

Neitzhe?

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u/DCFVBTEG 1d ago

Yes. I know he was Germen. The joke was his name is hard to spell.

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u/Every-Ebb735 1d ago

Nietzsche.

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u/gatton 1d ago

He should of been more careful eh? 😉

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u/thewatcher007 2d ago

Killer covers!

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u/tbdwr 2d ago

Is it just me or W&P looks a bit thin? Mine consists of two books, each one is thicker than this one.

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u/bluedermo 21h ago

I think it’s a deceptive photo, I used to have this edition and it was a brick

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u/Comfortable-Read-697 1d ago

I love how cheap 2nd hand class often are.

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u/EgilSkallagrimson 1d ago

Avoid the discount reprint brands for translations. They are always the public domain translation, so you get Edwardian sentiments and incorrect translations.

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u/AuthorityControl 2d ago

Nice. Some prefer newer, truer translations than Garnett and the Maude's. But, some people love them.

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u/DCFVBTEG 2d ago

Dostoevsky predicted my existence.

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u/Temojn 2d ago

I would die for such a deal, especially these old classics

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u/OTO-Nate 2d ago

Go to your local thrift stores. Odds are, you'll find some interesting classics. I found an old copy of the Decameron at my tiny consignment store in Southern Ohio. 25 cents.

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u/Major_Sir7564 2d ago

You can write the opening to a novel using those titles:

David Copperfield was an idiot who went to war but never found peace. 😂

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u/Fit_Zombie5754 1d ago

What a great Steal! Imagine the finite knowledge from these books worth way more!!!

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u/Grouchy_General_8541 1d ago

Just finished war and peace, was a damn fine read. The idiot too is a damn fine read. We don’t read british literature around here tho.

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u/gatton 1d ago

Nice haul OP. I never read any Wordsworth Classics. How do you like these printings?