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When I was about 10 my primary school went for their weekly visit to the library and I chose a small hardback which I immediately fell in love with. The book was Little Women, and it was originally published in 1868.
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Did the fact that I didn't have a clue what popovers are or that I had no direct experience of living through the Civil War make any difference to my enjoyment of the book? Of course not. If anything, it enhanced it, because I loved the fact that Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy belonged to a different time.
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I was never a fan of the Famous Five - No 1 Son hasn't read a single book - but I did like Mallory Towers and St Clare's when I was a child. So I'm despairing of the news that Enid Blyton's books are being 'updated' with language that is considered more 2010 than 1940s. |
For goodness sake, give kids some credit. They're perfectly capable of coping with 'classics'. What are we to expect next - The Lord of the Rings reissued in Noughties slang? 'Yo Legolas, where's da ring at?'
Give me strength.