what makes a "classic" book a "classic"?
2007-01-21 07:44:17 · 4 answers · asked by Anna 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Hmmm...I've debated this before, many times in fact, with everyone from friends to professors...and I still, honestly belive that what makes a book a classic is a combination of elements. Great characters with timeless appeal (Scout in To Kill A Mockingbird, for instance), plot that is intriguing (Les Miserables), a story that can be understood by everyone who reads it (Of Mice and Men) and a universal appeal to readers (Lord of the Rings). I know many books like War and Peace, and Moby Dick are classics...I never believed they should be. You shouldn't have to take a class about classic literature to enjoy and understand it. Many modern books will end up to be classics....Harry Potter series, for one, because of the reasons I listed.
2007-01-21 08:20:45 · answer #1 · answered by aidan402 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A classic book has to have a lot of fans or people who read the book. It also has to have something special about it. Like something everybody will remember it because of that special something. It also has to have something no other book will have. That's how you identify a classic like Robin Hood or The Three Musketeers.
2007-01-21 09:46:12 · answer #2 · answered by Mafalda 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A book that has been around for at least a quarter of a century, was at one time a best seller (or at least popular), was once commonly used in schools as required reading, and still remains a commonly read book today.
2007-01-21 08:01:50 · answer #3 · answered by wolface6999 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
age. about ten years or so.....
I think it should by about 100 years or so....
2007-01-22 04:21:15 · answer #4 · answered by flowerpet56 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋