Most of the cats one knows are typecast in Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, 1939. Can you guess the others? Anton Pieck THE ENDURING INFLUENCE OF OLD POSSUM’S BOOK OF PRACTICAL CATS (1939) See also The Guardian list of Top 10 Cats In Children’s Literature. Ideology: “How would you like if if you were the poor cat and a cruel boy teased you?” As in Black Beauty, the reader is to imagine that the cat is actually a human trapped inside a cat’s body. It makes use of the Black Beauty formula - a modified moral tale that’s both exciting and moving. Jennie is regarded as one of the best cat stories of the 20th century. Here are their covers: 1955 Pyewacket by Rosemary Weir illustrations by Charles Pickard cover 1967 Pyewacket by Rosemary Weir illustrations by Charles Pickard cover 1967 JENNIE BY PAUL GALLICO (1950) Writing in the 1970s, Blount, in the paragraph above, mentions some mid-century books I haven’t heard of. * When creating the character of Slinky Malinki Lynley Dodd absolutely makes use of this historical duplicitousness: Slinky is one thing during the day, another thing altogether come nightfall. The Symbolism of Trains In Literature | SLAP HAPPY LARRY
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