It matter little if your books were printed between the 1850s to 1980s & part of the 35-70% of publications printed on acidic papers. In those cases the pages will eventually become brittle & fragile.

Sorry TL:DR,

But bottom line for interpreting a novel is that the author is trying to say, “please buy my novel so I can eat”

All I can say is: 🎼🎶🎵🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶

Ending, Hail Mary, full of Grace.

All I can say is: 🎼🎶🎵🎵🎶🎵🎶🎶

Ending, Hail Mary, full of Grace.

Probably not, but it’s a de minimus minority.

Definately, the few Discworld novels that have been turned into movie & miniseries have mostly included a disembodied narrator for the exposition & footnotes.