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MV64 · 10-07-2010, 09:53 PM

I've never heard any book published after the 1930s referred to as a classic.

I think everyone in this thread is disagreeing over what classic means. THere's "this is so good it's classic" and then there's "this book is a Classic (as in a semi-genre, a stage of writing).

I don't have a set date, but most of the classics I know of are pre-1910 but obviously a few in the 20s and 30s.

As for my input, I"d have to save Last of the Mohicans, Dracula, or Frankenstein.

10-07-2010, 09:53 PM	#53
MV64 Addict Posts: 271 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Sony PRS-505	I've never heard any book published after the 1930s referred to as a classic. I think everyone in this thread is disagreeing over what classic means. THere's "this is so good it's classic" and then there's "this book is a Classic (as in a semi-genre, a stage of writing). I don't have a set date, but most of the classics I know of are pre-1910 but obviously a few in the 20s and 30s. As for my input, I"d have to save Last of the Mohicans, Dracula, or Frankenstein.