From: drabkin <arcanis>
Date: Wed, 9 Jun 1999 16:13:35 -0700

Dorian, children have very individual tastes, just as adults do, and maybe your daughter just prefers other types of books? There will always be children who love the leisurely magic of the language, and children who are impatient with the pace and want to put the book down and go to something that strikes them as more exciting. It was one of my favorite books when I first discovered it, which wasn't until I was 13. I loved the language, particularly, and read it aloud to myself. Still love it, still re-read it. But my daughter loved it when she was 10 or 11, and re-read it many times. Our library copies always look as if they'd had hard use, so someone's reading it. BTW, I've seen the "Dulce Domum" chapter quoted in several different collections, none of them specifically meant for children, so I guess it must be a crossover for many people.

Marian Drabkin
Received on Wed 09 Jun 1999 06:13:35 PM CDT