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   From: bredband.net@ojevind.lang   
      
   "Derek Broughton"  skrev i meddelandet   
   news:15995505.HsbnBNCKRD@cedar.serverforest.com...   
   > Öjevind Lång wrote:   
      
   [snip]   
   >>   
   >>> In the genre, I think the Alice books are better than "The master and   
   >>> Margarita", and among Russian authors, yes, I think Dostoevsky is   
   >>> better.   
   >>>   
   >> I emphatically disagree, but obviously, this is a matter of differing   
   >> tastes. I must confess that I am puzzled by your placing children's books   
   >> such as "Alice"   
   >   
   > Heretic!  While there is no doubt that Mr. Dodgson wrote /Alice/ as   
   > stories   
   > to tell to children, they go well beyond being "children's books".  Now,   
   > I'm going to have to go back and reread /The Annotated Alice/ (and, I   
   > suppose, have to add /The Master and Margarita/ to my list).   
      
   I don't think you'll regret it, Derek.   
      
   Öjevind   
      
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