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After years of watching filmed adaptations of this story, last year I decided to read the source material with my children, then aged 12 and 10.
Upshot: We enjoyed it, which is a fairly impressive accomplishment for a book written so long ago, in such a different time, that is such a well-worn story in our culture.
Challenges included the language – some words were fusty, and there were figures of speech and jokes that we would have missed entirely without annotated explanation – and also, to some ...more
Upshot: We enjoyed it, which is a fairly impressive accomplishment for a book written so long ago, in such a different time, that is such a well-worn story in our culture.
Challenges included the language – some words were fusty, and there were figures of speech and jokes that we would have missed entirely without annotated explanation – and also, to some ...more
How can you not just love this story. I was interested in the reviews that were written back when it was published. This is really a interesting take on the author and the story it's self. Good read for that part and an excellent read for the story!
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One of my favorite Christmas books!
Aug 14, 2012
Leenie
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