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Cloudbuster
Il romanzo, scritto agli inizi del 900 dalla scrittrice Frances Hodgson Bartlett (la stessa autrice del Piccolo Lord), è costruito su idee educative per quei tempi rivoluzionarie e che l’autrice sostiene con grande passione. La tesi che il romanzo cerca di provare è che bambini e ragazzi devono essere lasciati liberi e che l’amicizia, il lavoro e l’attività all’aria aperta sono determinanti per una crescita sana ed equilibrata. Queste idee erano in forte contrasto con le convinzioni pedagogiche ...more
Roberta
I usually like traditional children tales, but this one is... well... no.
Obviously I knew the story, but not the details. My summary is: two spoiled kids scare the help into letting they do whatever they want because their parents are inept at parenthood.
Mary is almost ok, she just need some tutoring. But there's no way Colin could go on for 10 years, bossing everyone around him. He is a bully, plain and simple. And I blame all the grown ups around him for his attitude.
Honestly I don't see any
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