http://lmmresearch.org/blog/2008/10/08/updating-the-classic/ Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:52:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://lmmresearch.org/blog/2008/10/08/updating-the-classic/comment-page-1/#comment-1138 Holly Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:17:59 +0000 http://lmmresearch.org/?p=617#comment-1138 I would hope that no one would ever try and update it...I cant believe they're doing it with Wind in the Willows. What would Anne say? :> She'd cry sacrilege! To update them it would be a matter of changing some surface things; technologies, religious views, slang and gender roles. But doing that or anything else would be horrible. I believe that what has made the books so popular all these decades is their 'Shakespearian' truths. No matter what era they belong to, the books reflect human nature as it is. Comedy mixed up with tragedy...and let's hope that will never change! I would hope that no one would ever try and update it…I cant believe they’re doing it with Wind in the Willows. What would Anne say? :> She’d cry sacrilege! To update them it would be a matter of changing some surface things; technologies, religious views, slang and gender roles. But doing that or anything else would be horrible. I believe that what has made the books so popular all these decades is their ‘Shakespearian’ truths. No matter what era they belong to, the books reflect human nature as it is. Comedy mixed up with tragedy…and let’s hope that will never change!

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