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Ugh. I liked Matilda. But Steinbeck? Seriously? To each his own I guess. How Matilda would have been a fan of Steinback is beyond me. Much less Austin. Matilda would have been a fan of, er, uh, Dahl. And maybe Oz, Baum, Seuss, and Carroll. And any other author whose general vibe was "I kinda like to mess with the world." Definitely Orwell as she got older.

>>travis+(OP)
I think it's conceivable Matilda could have been a fan of Austen, but Steinbeck is a very long bow. British children still read mainly British authors and, when taking into account that Dahl is writing from his own experience as a child, that goes more than doubly for the times in which he grew up.

>>travis+(OP)
I like Steinbeck and don't think that Matilda ought to be a Steinbeck fan. At least they didn't make her a fan of Plath.

>>boppo1+u4
The next revision will likely have her reading the 1619 Project.

>>koolba+Kb
Matilda might like the SCP Project.

>>oska+c4
Steinbeck was on the English lit syllabus when I went to school in Britain in the 90s.

>>throwa+bQ
Of Mice and Men... Still remember it more than the Shakespeare we had to do...

>>pixele+sS
Tortilla Flat was also lit

>>travis+(OP)
Forget Steinbeck: what's wrong with Kipling all of the sudden? Or have I missed a big round of canceling?

>>pronik+v62
> what's wrong with Kipling all of the sudden?

You're kidding me, right? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_White_Man%27s_Burden