Precisely that may be a good reason to read the classics, as time may a good judge of lasting literary merit. Some books are valued 200/300 years after their wr

Precisely that may be a good reason to read the classics, as time may a good judge of lasting literary merit. Some books are valued 200/300 years after their writing, while others were of more ephemeral relevance. For the books rolling out of press today, it is difficult to make an assessment, so I read mostly older ones.