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Agatha Christie is indeed enjoyable, but she hasn't been read for hundreds of years. Do you really think people will be reading her 200 years from now? I'm not

• learc83 12y ago
  > Do you really think people will be reading her 200 years from now? Well people have been reading her novels for 95 years now, and she's sold over 2 billion copies. So the answer is yes I do. >I'm not sure why you think what is considered a classic could be dictated by what is taught in schools? I can see no basis for this assertion. Because what most people consider classics are books they were told are classics--mostly by their high school literature teacher. I'm sure there are more objective measures, but the majority of people certainly don't use them. Being a classic is a bit self propagating. Kids grow up hearing that Ethan Frome is a classic, they become teachers and teach their students that Ethan Frome is a classic.
  • firebones 12y ago
    The Lindy Effect [1] would say that the best guess is that they'll still be reading her 95 years from now... [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Effect http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lindy_Effect