Courtenay wrote:I hadn't seen Angela Canning's previous article on golliwogs, which I'd be interested in reading. Which issue of the Journal was it in, and are there back copies available to buy?
I'm afraid my Journals aren't easy to get at so I can't take another look at the article, but it was 'Were the Criticisms of Enid Justified?' in Journal 48, Summer 2012, and I seem to remember that it contained quite a lot about golliwogs. Judging by the title the article may well have looked at other things too, but I can't remember now. That Journal is still available as a back issue:
Moonraker wrote:
I agree with Poppy that Fatty is the most likeable leader, although I wouldn't agree that he doesn't become big headed!
Somehow I remember that in the last books of the Mystery series Fatty was less boastful. He had established his "rank" among the other children and there was no more need for beeing boastful. Maybe that's what Poppy is referring to?
Chrissie
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"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
Alfred Hitchcock
I also think Fatty's boastful nature is improved by the end of the series, Chrissie. But when I described him as not big-headed at times, I was mainly comparing him to Peter, who becomes big-headed in an unlikable way. I should have probably established Fatty was very boastful too though, at the start of the series, at least!
"Beware of young men with long hair - that's what dad says, isn't it?"
Pat, Holiday House
Moonraker wrote:I had an enjoyable afternoon on Tuesday, in the summerhouse, reading the latest Journal.
Nigel, now I'm really curious about that summer house! Where is it?
Chrissie, it's not a summer house, but a summerhouse - and it's in my garden!
Sorry for going off topic, but maybe Nigel or another (US?) member could answer my question.
For a long time I was wondering why young blond women in the US are called Bimbo. Doesn't make any sense to me.
Moonraker wrote:Chrissie, it's not a summer house, but a summerhouse - and it's in my garden!
Oh, it's what they call in the US a gazebo.
It's lovely.
When I was still living and working in Hamburg, on my way to work the subway did drive by a gazebo near the river and I always thought how lovely it must be to have one and use it for drinking tea inside and relax and read.
Chrissie777 wrote:Don't know if Wolfgang had more luck in the town where he grew up (he's a lot younger than me, so maybe by then the German librarians, teachers and parents were not as narrow-minded any longer?)?
Actually yes, in our local library The Famous Five, the Adventure series, both Mystery series, the Secret series, the Secret Seven, Hanni und Nanni (St Clare's), Naughtiest Girl and the Farm series were available, I'm not so sure about Dolly (Malory Towers).
Oh Wolfgang, you lucky guy!!!
How I admire you for that kind of unrestricted childhood.
All I knew about were the FF and the Adventure series. It was years later, before I found out that EB had written a lot more.
Well, I made up for all the missed EB books later on in the early 80's when they were finally available in the public libraries in Braunschweig. I read them first from those libraries and then little by little I bought them.
Chrissie
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"For me, the cinema is not a slice of life, but a piece of cake."
Alfred Hitchcock
Looks like a lovely spot for a reading session indeed.
"What a lot of trouble one avoids if one refuses to have anything to do with the common herd. To have no job, to devote ones life to literature, is the most wonderful thing in the world. - Cicero