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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by travisgriggs on Saturday February 18, 2023 @07:53PM (#34852893)
Ugh. I liked Matilda. But Steinbeck? Seriously? To each his own I guess. How Matilda would have been a fan of Steinback is beyond me. Much less Austin. Matilda would have been a fan of, er, uh, Dahl. And maybe Oz, Baum, Seuss, and Carroll. And any other author whose general vibe was "I kinda like to mess with the world." Definitely Orwell as she got older.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by oska on Saturday February 18, 2023 @08:35PM (#34853153)
I think it's conceivable Matilda could have been a fan of Austen, but Steinbeck is a very long bow. British children still read mainly British authors and, when taking into account that Dahl is writing from his own experience as a child, that goes more than doubly for the times in which he grew up.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by throwaway049 on Sunday February 19, 2023 @05:11AM (#34856128)
Steinbeck was on the English lit syllabus when I went to school in Britain in the 90s.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by pixelesque on Sunday February 19, 2023 @05:30AM (#34856269)
Of Mice and Men... Still remember it more than the Shakespeare we had to do...
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by thebigspacefuck on Sunday February 19, 2023 @02:29PM (#34860934)
Tortilla Flat was also lit
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by boppo1 on Saturday February 18, 2023 @08:37PM (#34853171)
I like Steinbeck and don't think these Matilda ought to be a Steinbeck fan. At least they didn't make her a fan of Plath.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by koolba on Saturday February 18, 2023 @09:34PM (#34853621)
The next revision will likely have her reading the 1619 Project.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by labster on Saturday February 18, 2023 @11:29PM (#34854415)
Matilda might like the SCP Project.
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by pronik on Sunday February 19, 2023 @02:34PM (#34860984)
Forget Steinbeck: what's wrong with Kipling all of the sudden? Or have I missed a big round of canceling?
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Re:Hundreds of changes made to latest editions of Roald Dahl... by unmole on Sunday February 19, 2023 @09:07PM (#34864166)
> what's wrong with Kipling all of the sudden?

You're kidding me, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden

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