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Originally Posted by bill_mchale
I think we might be surprised at which authors, and which books will be remembered in a generation from now. I doubt that Arthur Conan Doyle and H.G. Wells, let alone their readers, thought they were writing classics when they wrote their most famous works. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if some of the "classics" from our period are seen as essentially being popular literature today.
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Bill
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I'm sure you're right. I strongly suspect, for example, that the Harry Potter series will be regarded as a children's classic 50 years from now. Most classics are
not "great literature"; they are simply books that have stood the test of time because they are a good read.