OMFG.

[rivka]

The Penguin Classics Library Complete Collection.

From Edwin A. Abottt to Emile Zola, the 1,082 titles in the Penguin Classics Complete Library total nearly half a million pages--laid end to end they would hit the 52 mile mark. Approximately 700 pounds in weight, the titles would tower 828 feet if you stacked them lengthwise atop each other--almost as tall as the Empire State Building. But don't worry, a nice set of bookshelves will hold them side-by-side just fine.

I want this in ways that make no sense at all. I feel desire in the pit of my stomach when I look at the title list, when I think about running my hands over all those smooth covers. I'm sure that my local library has every one of these books, and I could check them out one by one in an inexpensive and reasonable fashion. But I want them. I want to have them. I want to have that limitless sense of possibility when I walk into my library, and by the way, I want a library to put these books in. Oh my God.

Someone who did buy it took a picture for Amazon. Just look at that. Just look.

(Thanks to epi_lj, I guess.)

Comments

[electricland.livejournal.com]

Oh my, that looks lovely.

And hey! Free shipping!

[laurent-atl.livejournal.com]

i was about to comment that it is not even that expensive. 7000 dollars is what you'd save by giving up on the fancy prius and driving a corolla.