This is a bit random, but do publishers like Penguin move a lot of classics each year? Middlemarch’s rank in the Amazon USA list would seem to indicate it sells around ten copies a day. Does that seem reasonable? I thought it seemed a bit low, but my opinion is truly random. There are >12 different paperback editions, so that would seem to argue for popularity…
Curious to know the answer to this too. There has been a trend in the last 10-15 years to dismiss literature and reading (I’ve met so many people in that period who proudly declared they don’t read), so I’ve often wondered if people are still into them.
Additionally, are they still assigned readings in high school and college (outside of English/Literature majors)?