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gallyangel
Posted 2015-01-17 3:35 AM (#9312 - in reply to #9306)
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Definitely the writing style. Wells is still read, Verne too. Orwell and Huxley are classics. I would also say that the simpler the style the longer the book lasts. Simple is difficult to achieve, though, and requires greater writing skill.

I don't know about your library but around here the stock for Wells has shrunk to four titles. With Verne it's three. Still, a hundred plus years after the fact seems remarkable in our consume and forgot entertainment society. Some day perhaps, they might refer to Wells and Verne as the ancients, like they do to Plato and Plutarch today.

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