I recently bore witness to an online argument, and yes, I quite agree, that makes me suspect right out of the box. Two or three people discussing a book, an event for which my ears naturally perked. One of them referred to the book as a classic. Another individual at the table — I looked and saw them make a sour face — was surprised by such a claim and asked when the book was published. 30 years ago, the answer. And the third person made a statement (with eyes slightly closed and head nodding slowly with gravitas of this knowledge) something to the effect that the age of a book doesn’t make it a classic. And the other two shook their wise and weary heads at the third.

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