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Are you referring to Jane Austen? As influential and ubiquitous as her books are, I rarely find myself considering her one of the great classic authors. Eithe

by doktrin 14y ago

Are you referring to Jane Austen? As influential and ubiquitous as her books are, I rarely find myself considering her one of the great classic authors. Either way, I'm sure he's read his share of the classics. The entire notion of "classics" is a fluid concept anyhow. The past, after all, doesn't have an exclusive monopoly on great and meaningful literary work. 100 years from now there will hopefully have been new texts added to our collective repertoire.

gbog 14y ago
Yes, some books written today will be considered classics in 100 years but I'd bet none will be of the kind Gates read during his vacations.
- npc 14y ago
  nonfiction books rarely become "classics", that doesn't mean they're not important or worth reading.
  - gbog 14y ago
    Maybe we don't have the same definition for classics. To me the Bible is a classic, as are the Pensées de Pascal, or the Daodejing, or Shakespeare.