>be me>garn bottlo yesterday to get a slab of Guinness and some lambrusco>decide to go to the book shop while I'm there because I need some new novels to read>in the mood for Dickens so it shouldn't be too much of a stretch to expect to find inside a chain bookstore in regional Australia>book it to the classics section (no pun intended) >yep, there it is on the top shelf>pull out copy of Great Expectations >holy shit it's only $10>cover doesn't look half bad either>cozen that shit into my possession, ownership pending>browse around for some other stuff while I'm there>Don Quixote -- been meaning to pick that up...>Henry David Thoreau, Walden & Civil Disobedience -- that's only $10 too, might as well...>penguins buy 1 get 1 half price -- Borges & Beowulf...>but all these things are secondary to how stoked I am to have found this copy of Great Expectations at the price I found it>mosey over to checkout>let some women who was buying a picture book for presumably a child who was coalescing on the counter in sync with me go first>drop books on counter once it's my turn>making awkward small talk with cute cashier while she's scanning>'getting a few books?'>'haha yeah -- just stocking up.'>'haha yeah...' etc>she scans Great Expectations>$26.99
>>25296195There’s no point buying books physically in Australia because they’re too expensive. The best place I ever bought books in person was Sainsbury’s in Melbourne where you could get second-hand books in good condition for $1 to $5
>>25296195GOTTEM
>be living in brisvegas>check out dymocks and qbd for books >never heard of any of these authors or their generic sounding books >walk past section on how intelligent and totally awesome abos are >walk past palestine section >enter used bookstore >it's even worse
>>25296195Maybe if you weren't spending all your dole money on goyglug, you'd have money for Penguins Classics, plebian. >>25296240I put a little library outside my house and within a month, it had acquired a copy of Dark Emu. I can't escape that idiotic propaganda.
>it's a queer and LGBT bipoc safe space episode
>they put rupi kaur in the classics section again
