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clevermanka) wrote2005-12-06 02:29 pm
clevermanka) wrote2005-12-06 02:29 pm
So well put. Of course. It's British.
Here is an excellent article from The Guardian that explains very well why I loved the Narnia books as a child, but can't bring myself to read them as an adult. I'm sure the movie is quite pretty, and I might rent it someday, but I won't be going to the theater to catch it.
FWIW, I can't read the Oz books anymore, either. While the social commentary and fetishization of little girls went totally over my head when I was ten, they're blatantly obvious now. I just can't get through them.
If you're curious, children's books that did stand the test of time for me: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series and Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. Solid good vs. evil stories without the irritating and cloying overtones.
UPDATE: OMG OMG OMG. My first volume of the Arabian Nights Just Arrived. Oh. Oh Oh Oh!!!! Opening it now!
FWIW, I can't read the Oz books anymore, either. While the social commentary and fetishization of little girls went totally over my head when I was ten, they're blatantly obvious now. I just can't get through them.
If you're curious, children's books that did stand the test of time for me: Susan Cooper's The Dark is Rising series and Lloyd Alexander's Prydain Chronicles. Solid good vs. evil stories without the irritating and cloying overtones.
UPDATE: OMG OMG OMG. My first volume of the Arabian Nights Just Arrived. Oh. Oh Oh Oh!!!! Opening it now!