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Originally Posted by PennyPie
They've been re-cycling lots of the classics into TV/Movies lately. I wonder if that's because those who create those things have gotten lazy/have no vision of fresh ideas/just too dumb? There's 'remakes' everywhere!!!! OR is it that a new generation is finally appreciating the classics (just in a 21st century way)?
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I think personally it's simply that a great writer remains a great writer for each new generation.
Dickens writes stories that remain wonderful to read, even if the social conditions he's describing no longer exist. There are very few writers who have ever surpassed his ability to create wonderful and "believable" characters.
He is, and always will be, my favourite author. I can read his books time and again, and find something new in them at each re-reading. That, for me, is the mark of "great literature".