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I can't bear to think about Boris any more so will distract myself with nostalgia.

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nkf · 02/05/2008 20:30

Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy the wettest book hero ever? Or does the little pet have his fans. What with his curly hair and silk sashes and all.

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fishie · 02/05/2008 20:32

everyone in secret garden is absolutely sopping.

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nkf · 02/05/2008 20:33

Mary's got a bit of temper though.

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bogwobbit · 02/05/2008 20:34

I loved the Secret Garden.

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fishie · 02/05/2008 20:38

i loved a little princess and read it squillions of times. they're a load of drips too.

oh beth in little women is another dampy.

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bogwobbit · 02/05/2008 20:41

Loved that too fishie.

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constancereader · 02/05/2008 20:41

What about Cousin Helen in What Katy Did?

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ranting · 02/05/2008 20:42

Here's a question for you (just to keep your mind off the B word, you understand), what was that Vampire book called that Quentin Blake did the illustrations for?

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nkf · 02/05/2008 20:45

Or that rather creepy dad in Eight Cousins?

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WinkyWinkola · 02/05/2008 20:45

And I'm trying to find out the name of a book (also illustrated by Quentin Blake) about an attic full of stuff like carpets, birds etc. I remember it from my childhood but can't find it on Amazon.......

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Beetroot · 02/05/2008 20:45

has he really got in?

What has happened to London?

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ranting · 02/05/2008 20:46

WW, that rings a bell too.

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TheDuchessOfNorksBride · 02/05/2008 20:47

Ooh, you can keep the Secret Garden. I loved Toms Midnight Garden. Read it lots and lots.

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nkf · 02/05/2008 20:48

What age range was the vampire book?

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ranting · 02/05/2008 20:52

Youngish, I think, probably 7 or so, it had a purple coloured background and a very recognisable Quentin Blake vampire and other bods on the front of it.

While I'm about it, surely someone else must have read Uncle Toms Cabin as a child. My mum gave me that book and I remember loving it.

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nkf · 02/05/2008 20:53

It rings no bells with me. Didn't read Uncle Tom's Cabin.

But the big blank in my childhood reading is Huckleberry Finn.

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ranting · 02/05/2008 20:55

Oh yes, read Huck Finn. My mum gave me that too.

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noscat · 02/05/2008 21:00

Speaking of Little Lord F (rather than Boris) - just how do you pronounce it? I've heard both Faunt -le-roy & Fauntel-roy. I liked the Little Princess & The Secret Garden but have never really fancied reading Little Lord F.

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nkf · 02/05/2008 21:05

The second way I think.

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noscat · 02/05/2008 21:23

Thank you - I've always wondered!

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RosaLuxembourg · 02/05/2008 23:43

The guy in Eight Cousins wasn't the dad, he was an uncle. Which may or may not make it slightly creepier.

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nkf · 03/05/2008 07:56

You're right. He was the uncle. And a man over interested in corsets.

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