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Article: Book lovers choose their future classics.(News)
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- Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales)
- Article date:
- August 27, 2005
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Byline: By Darren Devine Western Mail
They are the books we'll still be reading in 100 years' time - the Oliver Twists, Frankensteins and Pride and Prejudices of tomorrow.
After surveying our literary tastes by consulting reading groups across the country, publishing house Vintage has come up with a collection of 'future classic' novels.
The 15 books, none of which were published before the 20th century, comprise both contemporary novels like Mark Haddon's The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night Time and Erich Maria Remarque's All Quiet on ...