All is forgoten

I do lots of odd jobs.
Today, I was going through old movie props to sell and give to charity.

I could keep anything I liked.
I didn't want much but there was a lot of old books they used for set dressing[the
movie was a period piece.]

I have this thing for old books.
Something about them are magic to me.

So I went through boxes and boxes stuffed with books. Looking for that rare gem, I found hundreds of stories I've never even heard of. From the 20's to the 60's.
Lots of sappy love stories written in Victorian language, High society, marriage and riches.
Basically poorly written versions of Pride and Prejudice [Hey we all can't be Jane Austin]

It got me thinking. All these stories, and authors forgotten, many of these were by larger publishers, so it wasn't for lack of distribution..
For all the space these books took up in the storage bins, I figure they would make better firewood then reading material. They are worthless.

All the time and effort of writing, only to be forgotten in a few decades.