When I was last in there, I noticed a section of the shop entitled: "I wish I'd written..." (or something like that). These were hand-picked books that I assumed people felt were particularly good; though they were mostly adult novels, be they classical or modern (I remember "The Grea...

(I thought "the Author" was the most appropriate category) I've always wondered how the style of Enid's writing would be received by today's younger readers (and possibly adults). Obviously for her, it was nothing unusual, just a general style some might now call old fashioned. For example...

Silly question, maybe, but I have always wondered about the two little dashes below the d on 'enid' I love them, but I've never seen them done before, does anyone know anything about them?

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Okay, so we all know that the 'golliwogs' have been heavily criticised for alleged 'racist' reasons. I have to say though that probably my favourite book of all was 'the three golliwogs'. Who else loved this book, and did you really think anything negative about her use of these charcaters, be it in...