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   Derek Janssen to Dan Drake   
   Re: Books to read before you die   
   11 Dec 07 03:15:24   
   
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   From: ejanss1@nospam.verizon.net   
      
   Dan Drake wrote:   
      
   >>   
   >>>What about "Alice's adventured in Wonderland", which they omitted?   
   >>   
   >>I have always had a small issue with this author, not with his   
   >>literature, as he appears to have had a few issues with small   
   >>children. Certainly he was a /very/ unusual man who produced amazing   
   >>literature though but I find it hard to ignore his character.   
   >   
   > Not that you don't have a right to like or dislike people and their works   
   > for whatever reason you please; but in this case we're talking of what   
   > people in general might read, which might not have much to do with   
   > personal preferences as to what a person is thought to have thought about.   
      
   And besides, any proclivities or creepy over-affection don't   
   particularly show up in to any noticeable degree in either of the Alice   
   books--   
   Now, "Sylvie & Bruno", OTOH...   
      
   Derek Janssen   
   ejanss1@verizon.net   
      
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