1) You can read them on a screen for no charge, but if you want a printed bound copy it will cost money.
2) There are four versions of the Illiad. Anyone who actually needs a copy of Beowulf at all (or the Aeneid, or Capital) probably does need multiple versions, the rest of us could always give away the versions we don't prefer. (I think I have two versions of Beowulf at the moment, but maybe it's just the Ted Hughes one (not included).)
3) I'd missed that. I think you could still get shelffuls of matching stuff, but it does rather lower the appeal of buying the lot as a set.
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Date: 2005-06-29 02:55 am (UTC)2) There are four versions of the Illiad. Anyone who actually needs a copy of Beowulf at all (or the Aeneid, or Capital) probably does need multiple versions, the rest of us could always give away the versions we don't prefer. (I think I have two versions of Beowulf at the moment, but maybe it's just the Ted Hughes one (not included).)
3) I'd missed that. I think you could still get shelffuls of matching stuff, but it does rather lower the appeal of buying the lot as a set.