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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]An interesting look at the transition era is Dear Enemy and Daddy Long Legs by Jean Webster, which are both about an orphan asylum.[/quote] Daddy Long Legs always creeped me out a little. The whole power imbalance thing. Even if you don't like Anne of Green Gables, you have to admit that Gilbert and Anne were equals (as much as they could have been back then, anyway.)[/quote] That’s very fair! When I first read them as a teen I loved Daddy Long Legs but rereading as an adult was a bit more squicky. Dear Enemy I liked better as adult in terms of the relationship — much more equal — but the way eugenics is all mixed up in the child abuse is bad and kids have rights too thinking was really jarring.[/quote] Thanks for the reading suggestions. I had never heard of either of these books. They look really interesting.[/quote]
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