Time Spent With the Harvard Classics: What Is a Classic? – Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve

The French literary critic Charles Augustin Sainte-Beuve was born December 23, 1804 and passed away on October 13, 1869.  His essay What Is A Classic I considered just that… a classic of western thought.

What Is A Classic may be read here:

http://www.bartleby.com/32/202.html

Alternatively, this essay may be listened to in an audiobook format here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vf9A4NqQtjo

 

 

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