In this week’s episode, Rachel (Book Snob) and I get waaay out of our depth talking about American classics and British classics, then back onto more secure ground in debating Enid Blyton vs. E. Nesbit. (I stupidly forgot to close my window when recording, and that’s played merry havoc with the sound quality on my end, picking up passing cars on so forth. Sorrrry! I’ll remember for next time.)

But, we hope you enjoy it – do let us know what you think, and which you’d pick from each pair.

The books we mention are…

Hons and Rebels by Jessica Mitford

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Ulysses by James Joyce

Henry James

Edith Wharton

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck

Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

My Antonia by Willa Cather

Jane Austen

Charles Dickens

The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

Shirley Jackson

St Clare’s series by Enid Blyton

Malory Towers series by Enid Blyton

The Naughtiest Girl in the School by Enid Blyton

Famous Five series by Enid Blyton

Magic Faraway Tree series by Enid Blyton

Swallows and Amazons by Arthur Ransome

The Railway Children by E. Nesbit

Five Children and It by E. Nesbit

The Treasure Seekers by E. Nesbit

The Enchanted Castle by E. Nesbit

Enid Blyton: The Biography by Barbara Stoney

The Lark by E. Nesbit

Random Commentary by Dorothy Whipple