![]() ![]() They were a tatterdemalion lot, with shutters hanging from hinges, font steps skewed crooked, porches sagging." "T o the right lay the broad swamp, shorn by winter of its reeds to the left stood the old houses in their neglected yards. ![]() Here is a description of the old houses : I loved the pace, the children, the happiness of their elderly friends and all the complex words. ![]() I did not read this book in my childhood but even though it has the traits I listed above - a slow meandering plot and complex vocabulary - this is a terrific book. Return to gone-away was first published in 1961. Do children today still read these books? Well the answer is usually no either because the plot line is too slow for the modern child or because the vocabulary is too complex. People sometimes ask me about old classic stories read during a childhood in the 1950s or 1960s. ![]()
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