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Originally Posted by issybird
Well, of course I'm dying to know!
I'm pretty hardened when it comes to people dissing my childhood favorites; see The Scarlet Pimpernel thread. I'd be more worried about a happy memory that doesn't stand up, but mostly they do. At a minimum, I can see why I loved them once and if they're really bad of the "what was I thinking?" variety, then that's interesting, too.
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I don't think I've reread even one childhood book that made me wonder "what was I thinking?" Sometimes I've wondered exactly why a particular book stuck in my memory when it doesn't seem especially noteworthy, but I don't think I've encountered any that made me question my sanity or critical faculties. But I don't want to analyze favorite books or hear other opinions about them; they're too special to be sneered at.
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Now I'm trying to think of childhood favorites that broke my heart. When Beth died in Little Women was probably as bad as it got.
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Beth's death probably wouldn't make my top ten. In any case, I thought her near-death from scarlet fever was more upsetting.
Little Women was too sentimental and preachy for me, even as a child.
I have been meaning to read
Meg, Jo, Beth, Amy about the influence of
Little Women, but I keep backburnering it.