« Free speech in Britain | Main | Pajamas Media/Open Source Media/Open Sores Media/Flannels Media/whatever it's called »

December 11, 2005

Teen fiction

She was wont to proffer eccentric advice to readers such as not to buy "teen fiction" for their children: "They are narcissistic enough and should be encouraged to snap out of it. Make them read Crime and Punishment and dock their pocket money if you catch them reading tripe."

Alice Thomas Ellis, novelist; born September 9, 1932, died March 8, 2005, The Herald (Glasgow, Scotland), March 11, 2005

Posted at December 11, 2005 08:04 PM | Categories: Children

  ·  Comments (0)

Trackback Pings

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://twoseasmedia.com/mt/mt-tb.cgi/125

Comments

Post a comment

Thanks for signing in, . Now you can comment. (sign out)

(If you haven't left a comment here before, you may need to be approved by the site owner before your comment will appear. Until then, it won't appear on the entry. Thanks for waiting.)


Remember me?