Lawrence Clark Powell - What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being...

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What makes a book great, a so-called classic, it its quality of always being modern, of its author, though he be long dead, continuing to speak to each new generation.

Lawrence Clark Powell

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Was ein Buch großartig macht, ein sogenannter Klassiker, ist seine Eigenschaft, immer modern zu sein, seines Autors, obwohl er schon lange tot ist und weiterhin mit jeder neuen Generation spricht.

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