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From: WMMayes at aol.com <WMMayes>
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 17:12:45 -0400 (EDT)
Although this is funny, it is a way that some booksellers decide what is and isn't a classic:
1) It is over twenty years old and there is still a demand for it.
2) It is taught in the schools.
3) The author is dead.
If any two of these are true, then the book is considered a classic in many bookstores.
Walter the Giant Storyteller WMMayes at aol.com
"Love, Food, Shelter, Clothing...Books!"
Received on Sun 27 Jul 1997 04:12:45 PM CDT
Date: Sun, 27 Jul 1997 17:12:45 -0400 (EDT)
Although this is funny, it is a way that some booksellers decide what is and isn't a classic:
1) It is over twenty years old and there is still a demand for it.
2) It is taught in the schools.
3) The author is dead.
If any two of these are true, then the book is considered a classic in many bookstores.
Walter the Giant Storyteller WMMayes at aol.com
"Love, Food, Shelter, Clothing...Books!"
Received on Sun 27 Jul 1997 04:12:45 PM CDT
