unicorndeburgh reviewed The Little White Horse by Elizabeth Goudge
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I adored this book as a child, and was curious to read it again. As soon as I started reading it, the scenes and even words surfaced in my mind, so I must have read it over and over again. I was worried that this might be one of those cases when you go back to read something years later, and you're horrified by the racism/sexism/whatever that your young eyes didn't see. This is definitely sexist, but not in a way that I couldn't squint past. The happy, forelock-tugging villagers also require some serious squinting. But on the whole, I enjoyed it. The bad guys make absolutely no sense in terms of behavior or economics, but that's OK. [return]The whole bucolic, countryside idyll aspect couldn't be a more dramatic contrast to "The Borrigbles", and I read the two books back-to-back.
