![]() ![]() ![]() The fact that many people love The Wind in the Willows regardless of its Edwardian World View speaks volumes for the original and the author. The time and effort would be better spent writing something original and new instead. Wishfully rewriting every book published throughout history to reflect particular views of more enlightened times is a pointless exercise in over the top Political Correctness. It is a book of its time, as all books are. This book is a well loved children's Classic for what it is. I recall with horror reprints of Biggles Books in the noughties where the WW1 squadron pilots were competing for bottles of lemonade rather than bottles of wine, because - I kid you not - it was deemed unacceptable to present children with adult pilots in a War Zone drinking alcohol. I do however resent the rewriting of other peoples work - especially long established works - to make them more acceptable to particular audiences. Before I garner the usual criticism of being a misogynist dinosaur: I'm not. ![]()
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