I can't bear to think about Boris any more so will distract myself with nostalgia.

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Wasn't Little Lord Fauntleroy the wettest book hero ever? Or does the little pet have his fans. What with his curly hair and silk sashes and all.

everyone in secret garden is absolutely sopping.

Mary's got a bit of temper though.

I loved the Secret Garden.

i loved a little princess and read it squillions of times. they're a load of drips too.

oh beth in little women is another dampy.

Loved that too fishie.

What about Cousin Helen in What Katy Did?

Here's a question for you (just to keep your mind off the B word, you understand), what was that Vampire book called that Quentin Blake did the illustrations for?

Or that rather creepy dad in Eight Cousins?

And I'm trying to find out the name of a book (also illustrated by Quentin Blake) about an attic full of stuff like carpets, birds etc. I remember it from my childhood but can't find it on Amazon.......

has he really got in?

What has happened to London?

WW, that rings a bell too.

Ooh, you can keep the Secret Garden. I loved Toms Midnight Garden. Read it lots and lots.

What age range was the vampire book?

Youngish, I think, probably 7 or so, it had a purple coloured background and a very recognisable Quentin Blake vampire and other bods on the front of it.

While I'm about it, surely someone else must have read Uncle Toms Cabin as a child. My mum gave me that book and I remember loving it.

It rings no bells with me. Didn't read Uncle Tom's Cabin.

But the big blank in my childhood reading is Huckleberry Finn.

Oh yes, read Huck Finn. My mum gave me that too.

Speaking of Little Lord F (rather than Boris) - just how do you pronounce it? I've heard both Faunt -le-roy & Fauntel-roy. I liked the Little Princess & The Secret Garden but have never really fancied reading Little Lord F.

The second way I think.

Thank you - I've always wondered!

The guy in Eight Cousins wasn't the dad, he was an uncle. Which may or may not make it slightly creepier.

You're right. He was the uncle. And a man over interested in corsets.