Are Special Edition Books a Waste of Money?

Reading is a multi-faceted experience. It can be simple, lightweight, and free… or it can be shallow, expensive, and nothing more than an intellectual flex. In an age where the rich and famous are hiring people to stack their shelves with curated novels for a faux-cultured façade and an app dominated by the middle class is single-handedly keeping authors relevant, the socio-economic aspect of reading has never been more apparent.

Why You don’t like Reading Classics and How to Start

Sometimes it can feel like you need higher education to unlock the ability to read classics, but I’m here to tell you that you don’t. Though the frequency with which you read classics during a literature degree necessitates that you are able, it also demonstrates that the only way to get better at reading and dissecting classics is to read classics, which you don’t need a university to do.