Lawrie's beliefs

[kit120.livejournal.com]

 

 

In ‘End of Term’, we are shown that Lawrie assumes that nobody today could actually believe in the Bible any more than Greek mythology. On the other hand she makes bargains with her own imaginary controller of fate. Surely the sort of person who not only doesn’t believe, but can’t actually believe anyone else could either would be totally rational in all other respects and immune to superstition or supernatural belief of any kind.  I picture an infant Richard Dawkins.  Has anyone ever come across someone who combines Lawrie’s instinctive disbelief in the religion she’s been brought up in with her own equally irrational view of the universe?

 

  

Comments

Re: Princess Charming

[nineveh-uk.livejournal.com]

It's a school-story as well! Maybe I should investigate whether the Bodleian bothered to take children's books. Abebooks comes up with a couple of "Collins's Clear-Type Press" editions, one of which is described as a first.

Re: Princess Charming

[ankaret.livejournal.com]

Clearly you are good luck - I just found a copy of the 1932 reprint and it's on its way to me as soon as postal strikes permit.

kit120, sorry for getting completely off-topic in this thread!

Re: Princess Charming

[white_hart]

The Bod has tons of children's books. Including all the Forests. I keep thinking I really must get a reader's card...