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Old 07-03-2010, 12:03 PM   #164
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Originally Posted by BenG View Post
A classic is a book that has never finished saying what it has to say.
—Italo Calvino, ‘‘Why Read the Classics?’’ (1981), translated by Patrick Creagh (1987)
Excellent quote!

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Originally Posted by kennyc View Post
We need to use that definition the next time the book club Classics month rolls around. ...
Indeed we do. A better definition of a classic I've never seen!
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