[Tony_Iommi]

Hmm, Florian, seems like nobody here - including myself - has ever read the book you had mentioned, unfortunately, as you were seeking feedback.

But I just happened to glace through your posting and another old classic just struck my mind :"Uncle Tom's Cabin". That one might be slightly more popular, even though it was written in the 1850s and therefore likely be considered "outdated" nowadays as well. Nevertheless, if my memory serves me correctly, I must have been around 13 back than - and yet, it still left some impression on me after over two decades later I had read it for the first time.