Readers in the WW (was: JKR and "Think of the Children!")

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 162058

> Neri again:

> I'd be rather surprised if Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Jim Hawkins, Kim,
> Mowgli, Oliver Twist, Dorothy, Sherlock Holmes, Dr. Watson, Phileas
> Fogg, Peter Pan, Robin Hood, d'Artagnan, Cinderella, Snow White, 
Nils
> Holgerssen, the Pevensie kids, Bilbo and Frodo ever read more than
> three novels between them, unless it was specifically required for 
the
> plot. But maybe my memory is failing me.


Potioncat:
I'm reading Huck Finn now, and to my surprise, Tom Sawyer reads a 
lot. He's the one who read the stories that the boys base their 
adventures upon. He knows about pirates, knights, and  highwaymen. He 
doesn't understand all the details, which makes for a bit of humor in 
itself, but he does read.



In post #162046

>Betsy Hp:
>IIRC JKR stated in an interview that there are no fiction authors in
>the WW. (I believe she said something about having to write charms
>instruction books if she lived there.) Yet another example of the
>bleakness of the WW.


Potioncat:
Does she really? I do remember something about her writing charms, 
but no fiction? I can't find it at the Lexicon, does anyone have a 
list of Wizards of the month? I could have sworn there was a witch 
who wrote romance type books. There is a Beatrix Bloxum who 
wrote "Toadstool Tales," which is fiction, but was banned because it 
caused nausea. (At least, I think it's fiction.)


Betsy HP:
(I snipped your thing about Snape not reading fiction because as
Potioncat did with Harry, I totally project reader!Snape onto that
character. I will not be denied! <g>)

Potioncat:
I'm betting both Snape's parents were readers, and I'm betting there 
are some Muggle fiction books at Spinner's End.