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Originally Posted by Luffy
I have heard, one time, the arguments you have given me that are meant to cut classics' author some slack. Neither they need me, being dead, nor do I need them or their books. I may be missing something, but with each passing year that seems unlikely for me. I am a contemporaneous reader. E.g I've read 14 books that were published in 2014. Many of them got 4 stars from me.
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I wasn't trying to justify the length of classic authors books, just point out that they are more likely to have 500+ page books than many contemporary authors do, and why that is.
