I think of Rilla every time I have to walk down the road carrying a cake (which happens surprisingly often) but it's the lisping that puts me off.
The one I hated as a child but found much improved as an adult was Windy Willows. I still have to skip all the whimsical faery stuff but all the appalling manipulative family relationships and old ladies being absolute bitches is fascinating. And I love Katherine Brooke determinedly refusing to be won over by Anne's bloody charm. I like Anne of the Island too, where they are all being students in a little house and wandering about in the graveyard.
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Date: 2013-09-12 02:43 pm (UTC)The one I hated as a child but found much improved as an adult was Windy Willows. I still have to skip all the whimsical faery stuff but all the appalling manipulative family relationships and old ladies being absolute bitches is fascinating. And I love Katherine Brooke determinedly refusing to be won over by Anne's bloody charm. I like Anne of the Island too, where they are all being students in a little house and wandering about in the graveyard.