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Old 11-04-2009, 01:59 AM   #237
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Interesting questions. What is a "classic"? For me, the answer is that it's a book which is popular, and which has stood the test of time, in the sense of remaining popular to generations of readers after the one for whom it was written. So I guess I'sd say that only "time" can make a book a classic.
A classic is anything older than me.
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