A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its auth — Edith Wharton
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A classic is classic not because it conforms to certain structural rules, or fits certain definitions (of which its author had quite probably never heard). It is classic because of a certain eternal and irrepressible freshness.

— Edith Wharton
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