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Why Should Every Man Build A Library?

The Catholic Gentleman

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The Greatest Classics of Literature Aren't for the Elite

i think we are privileged in this day and age to have easy access to books. Some of the great classics of literature were written for ordinary people. For example, a le misera huge book. I mean, it's over a thousand pages in the unabridged editions. That's where chapters came from was, they would be published in like, weekly newspapers. They were just bought by common men on the street,. oftentimes. So i find it fascinating that, you know what, literature isn't great. Literature isn't just for the elite. It really is for everyne.

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