and from The Onion...
Great Books Of Western Civilization Used To Accent Den
BETHESDA, MD—Beautiful, hand-tooled, leather-bound copies of the greatest works of Western literature "really spiffed up" the den of Elaine Gadsen Monday. "I just love the way the gold embossing on The Great Gatsby balances out that plainer-looking Dickens book on the end," Gadsen said. "And the bright red spine on that one by Faust really looks great over the couch." Gadsen has instructed her housekeeper to dust the books once a month.
but seriously folks....
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Free to a Good Home!
Courtesy of Embot I became the happy owner of 2/3’s of a set of Brittanica’s Great Books. (ie. - as many as she could carry home from the dumpster at one time.) I don’t mind the fact that the word DISCARD is written in indelible marker across the covers. I am saddened that a cash strapped school library would discard these books. Em reports that the school librarian has shown a preference towards bodice rippers and other popular fiction to entice the young people to read. Efficacious as that might be, couldn’t they have made a little room so that the Great Books would be there when someone wanted them.
Oh, well. They have found a good home.