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Originally Posted by HarryT
I wonder how true that actually is? Do you think that many people still read the classics for pleasure? I get the impression that relatively few people do. I love all the books you mention, but I really wonder if that many people have read all 6 of Austen's novels, for example?
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I suspect a great percentage of people who have purchased ebook reader devices on the pretense of saving money long-term have probably gone through the basic famous classics (Pride and Prejudice, Moby Dick, Dracula, etc.) before stumbling upon this site to ask for free reading recommendations.
In society as a whole, I doubt most people have even read the most famous of these, save for the abridged editions often prescribed in high school (Tom Sawyer, Great Expectations, etc.). It was probably unwise to suggest "everyone" in my post, but it was hyperbole to suggest the OP (and anyone else who posts such requests) had already passively encountered those books on their way here.