Posted by Andy on January 13, 2006 at 10:56:04 from 130.159.248.44 user AndyG.
In Reply to: Ransome as enjoyed by children of J.R.R. Tolkien posted by Lyn on January 13, 2006 at 02:42:56:
December 1937 involves all the SA novels up to and including the then-newly published WDMTGTS.
At that point Tolkien's children were 20 years old (John), 17 (Michael), 13 (Christopher) and 8 (Priscilla). With Swallows and Amazons first published seven years earlier in 1930, the three elder children would have been perfect ages to embrace the books - though I'm glad I read them all before I was in my twenties!
Andy