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Originally Posted by Patricia
For me, the test of whether a book is a classic is how often it will bear re-reading. If I've got to wait for 15 minutes at the dentist's surgery, then I can open a Balzac, Proust, or Jane Austen at random and will usually discover something new, that I failed to notice in an earlier reading.
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That's my criterion too, and for me it's Dickens, Austen, Trollope, and so on. Proust and Balzac really aren't to my taste, but obviously we all have different likes and dislikes!