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WEEK 1
Stories We Value
Life stories
On my shelves I have an inherited collection of original Henty novels. Written for boys in Victorian England they remained popular in the early twentieth century and are still collectable today. G. A. Henty was a self-taught historian who wrote heroic novels based loosely upon famous events in the past in order to edify young people. As a child I remember reading them with great excitement. As an adult, sadly, they now appear appallingly racist and imperialist...
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