An Obscure Item for Inheritance in the Family
But can a vague thing as a cheap book give that same significance as something more valuable? How about inheriting a library of books, would quantity make a difference? In an age where the younger generation had not imbibed or had lost a reading culture where reading had become a background of attention for schooling only, then hardly can someone appreciate such a time-worn-dog-edged overlap of refined fibres or pulp as paper to be worth an inheritance. How valuable is an old book written when the world is in its dark ages? How valuable is a script that cracks at handling because its pages have become “brittle” or mouldy?