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A fact from Classic book appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 21 June 2010. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that playwright Alan Bennett's definition of a classic book is "a book everyone is assumed to have read and often thinks they have read themselves"?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2010/June.

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On 7 November 2024, it was proposed that this article be moved to Classical literature. The result of the discussion was not moved.

missing etymology section

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Classical studies and classical music have interesting related contents. Dingolover6969 (talk) 13:49, 22 June 2026 (UTC)Reply