Is classic another word for dated?

Welcome to 2010, where you finish a novel by E.M. Forster called The Longest Journey, Google those words assuming you'll get some reviews or comments, but all the results are concerned with a video game by the same name.

So what do you say about an acknowledged classic that you didn't enjoy reading? In fact, it felt like eating a bowl of lard with a few juicy little raisins.

I'm sorry, Edward, I really am. But the events of the novel unfold so slowly I felt like I nearly missed them, the way...