Classics are a very different kind of book. Shakespeare works, even the comedies, are filled with insights about the human being, but, due to their distance in time, they don't worry me much about rights or wrongs. The same could be said about, for instance, Don Quixote by Cervantes or The Iliad by Homer.
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Precisely. As you say classics can provide timeless insights. In my opinion, Infinite Jest is a modern masterpiece. Of course, time will tell if it becomes a classic.