Posted by Malcolm Temple on January 19, 1999 at 21:30:28:
In Reply to: AR's bad language (NB: some offensive language) posted by Anne LeVeque on January 19, 1999 at 17:44:32:
I think we need to realise that Ransome is an author of his time.
I would totally reject any attempt to edit or excuse his text. It is real. It is the world people like me grew up in. I don't sense everthing about today is ideal.
Perhaps hearing it will help your children put the world in context