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Yes. Classics are so because they are atemporal. The protagonist’s “environment” is irrelevant, it is their personality and the narrative, the plot. The “felt l

Yes. Classics are so because they are atemporal. The protagonist’s “environment” is irrelevant, it is their personality and the narrative, the plot. The “felt life”… Noone reads Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde because they feel their environment and kind of lif is “similar” to one’s.

chlodwig 2y ago
This is funny to me because I recently re-read Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and I found the general vibe very appealing. I'm not currently immersed in a world of well-spoken high-status gentlemen-scientists who carry out their own experiments and enforce the law themselves without any bureaucracy -- but it sure does seem appealing to me!