Should dated language be edited for a new generation of readers? Alison Flood, a writer on guardian.co.uk/books and former news editor of The Bookseller, poses the question here.
I actually think they should. I grew up reading Enid Blyton books and adored them, but tried to read one to my friend's 8-yr old daughter recently and found it VERY hard-going. I had to keep stopping and explaining what things meant to her - not so much the language but the way it was structured!
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I actually think they should. I grew up reading Enid Blyton books and adored them, but tried to read one to my friend's 8-yr old daughter recently and found it VERY hard-going. I had to keep stopping and explaining what things meant to her - not so much the language but the way it was structured!
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