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Dark Puss

Not only are you not the last person in the world to read The Little White Horse but I have not even heard of it :-)

Glad you had a better experience of Gervase Fen than I did; not even your enthusiasm (muted I admit) will make me read a book containing him again. I assume the plot was less crazy and implausible than the one I described. Did you not find the character of Fen himself setting (as Erika said in her comment back on your linked post) your "teeth on edge"?

Cornflower

I think The Little White Horse has reached a wider audience in recent years through JK Rowling's saying she "absolutely adored" it. We have a copy because I bought it for A. or H., but I don't recall reading it to them - they must have read it (if they actually did!) by themselves.
As to Fen, I didn't mind him; the whole thing was implausible, and the superior/arch (and slightly bored?) tone a bit grating, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt and try another.

Dark Puss

Crazy woman! There are so many better things to read :-) Thank you for the information regarding the Little White Horse, not sure it will be on my list anytime soon but sounds quite fun.

Liz Davey

The Little White Horse is a glorious book. I do hope you enjoy it. You are not alone in not having read it: a couple of years ago I was away with a book group and of the 18 women there (all late 50s/early 60s) not one had read it. I was staggered as it was one of my favourites. But then, most of them hadn't read Ballet Shoes either ...

Cornflower

I loved it, Liz!

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