Why raggy pages? Offspring A recently received a gift edition hardback book. "It's very nice," she said, "but I think they didn't make it right. The pages are all raggy at the edges."
"They do that with posh books sometimes," I said.
"Why?"
"Ah," I said, "the answer to that is, um, is a terrifying yet exciting Mystery of Adulthood that will be revealed to you in a secret ceremony on your eighteenth birthday."
So I have a few years to find out. Why is it posh to have the edges of the pages uncut? Is it meant to suggest handmade paper?
posted by Natalie at 9:21 AM
