I never understood what made those writings ‘Classic’ or worth reading the first time, let alone worth keeping in my personal library.
So many of those writers were scum in their personal beliefs and private actions.
As a teenager, I despised them and their writings. As an adult, that feeling only increased.
And it wasn’t a, “well, their times were different” type of thing. Their writings just plain sucked.
Yes, my writing is terrible. LOL
I tend to think that a lot of the ‘classics’ are created by the Academia of that time and the media (of that time) went along with the flow until the everyday man and women decided to like their writing.
Junk.
There are a whole bunch of writers listed there. Which are you talking about? The Great Gatsby was a flop upon release. It was given a boost because it was part of a package the U.S. military sent it to enlisted men during WW2.