31 days: August 19, "At most, flowers"
Aug. 19th, 2005 11:21 pmDeWolfe Apts., on the Feast of St. John Eudes
Cutting it even more close. I'm in a verbose mood lately. Also, I think I grossly mischaracterized Mary and Colin here. Oh, will the desecration of childhood classics never end, etc., etc., etc.
( The Secret Garden, 31 days, A Reminder )
Yours &c.
Post-script: From
ellen_kushner, "Baby Got Back" done 19th cen. style here. Which reminds me, I also came across
ladysisyphus' The Waste Land rendition of HBP the other day: Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Poet. Read it now!
Post-post-script: I read an obscure early novel of Burnett's, several days ago, on Project Gutenberg, called His Grace of Osmonde. I've concluded since that the reason why I believe The Secret Garden to be her best book is because its characters are the most imperfect.
Cutting it even more close. I'm in a verbose mood lately. Also, I think I grossly mischaracterized Mary and Colin here. Oh, will the desecration of childhood classics never end, etc., etc., etc.
( The Secret Garden, 31 days, A Reminder )
Yours &c.
Post-script: From
Post-post-script: I read an obscure early novel of Burnett's, several days ago, on Project Gutenberg, called His Grace of Osmonde. I've concluded since that the reason why I believe The Secret Garden to be her best book is because its characters are the most imperfect.