To be fair
most families who look after their children's education do tend to pass on their own prejudices as well in the matter of literature. Not just Monty's
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 15:28, 1 reply, 16 years ago)

Thank God my parents didn't look after mine then.
Although I did once find a book by Solgenizkin at my dads once. Fuck knows what he was doing with it.
( girlinthehole, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 15:34, Reply)

Count yourself lucky
my mother made me read a third of Great Expectations aloud when when I was eight or nine, despite the fact that we both loathe it as a book
( Amberl was stripey and dominated Europe, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 15:37, Reply)