It is reasonable to assume that, by and large, what is not read now will not be read, ever. It is also reasonable to assume that practically nothing that is read now will be read later. Finally, it is not too far-fetched to imagine a future in which novels are not read at all.

Gore Vidal (1925-2012) American novelist, dramatist, critic

“Thomas Love Peacock: The Novel of Ideas” (1980)