[HPforGrownups]Lavender Brown

[joym999 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 16186

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Starling" <starling823 at y...> wrote:
> Howdy, all.
> 
> I was wondering if anyone who had a copy of Roald Dahl's "Matilda" 
handy could do a little checking for me.  I remember a friend of 
Matilda's, in that book, being Lavender Brown. 

Good catch, Starling, although I just thumbed thru Matilda and could 
not find any reference to her friend Lavenders last name.  But I have 
always thought JKR was heavily influenced by Roald Dahl, and looking 
thru Matilda makes me think that the Dursleys are dead ringers for 
Matildas parents, the Wormwoods.  Also, Miss Trunchbull reminds me a 
lot of Snape.


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  "Them!" said Stan contemptuously.  "Don't listen properly, do 
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