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As for defining a classic: I think the test of "will people still be reading this in 100 years?" is a good one. Of course, for books less than 100 years old, it's a judgement call.
One of my reasons for getting an ereader is to read more classics (the kind that are over 100 years old). Because they are free, and because I don't have to put up with the bad type that some classics are set in (or rather, not set in: where they re-print a book by photographing* an older edition instead of re-setting the type).
I absolutely love One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I have read it twice and I plan to read it again.
I just read Pride and Prejudice for the first time last month. I did enjoy it (and laughed at parts) and I was glad I read it, but I think I would have liked it better if I read it when I was younger. I found the leisure class annoying: I wanted to yell at them to just get jobs. I don't think I would have had that reaction as a teenager. As a teenager, I would have related better to these young women who just want to talk about the next ball.
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*I'm sure that photograph is the wrong word, but I don't know what the actual process is. Someone will understand what I'm saying, I hope.
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