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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I think it's a false economy to buy large collections of classics, even if you don't want to get them for free from gutenberg (or here). They'll still be there when you actually want to read them, and they'll never be that expensive. Buy them when you're about to start reading them.
I ended up deleting several free classics I'd had hanging around for ages.
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I agree on all counts. Those large collections are unwieldy, also, and can be difficult to navigate and if you spend time splitting them, well, that's time that could have been spent doing something more productive. A lot of the classics packages have been compiled from Gutenberg anyway without any added value.
Obviously the outlay here is insignificant but it feeds the acquisition and hoarding mentality, when the point is to become thoughtful about purchases. This comes across more as bragging to me and not about trying to resist temptation and only making considered purchases as the ideal, anyway, even if there's the occasional slip.