We toured HMS Victory in Portsmouth. Below decks the headspace is low. At 5ft 10 my husband constantly had to duck to get under the floor beams of the deck above. Captain Thomas Hardy was 6 ft 4 inches.

*waves modestly* ahem. I'm reading Kipling's 'Captains Courageous'. I bought it in 1974 and started it yesterday.

And your problem is...???

Paperback, hardback, ebook. Finding the small font on old classics something of a challenge now. 😣 ebooks from the libraries for travel. Effective use of weight and space and great variety!