Frontier Mom Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 The literature list just has Jane Austen but I am not sure which books to include for her to read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stacy in NJ Posted July 31, 2009 Share Posted July 31, 2009 The literature list just has Jane Austen but I am not sure which books to include for her to read. All of Austen's novels are for higher level logic or rhetoric stage, not for grammar stage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amtmcm Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 I think Emma is the sweetest and easiest for a younger child to understand. Most children will "get" the matchmaking. :) Most of the other stories have characters with vices better not discussed with a young child. For instance, in Pride & Prejudice the sister runs away with a man without getting married. Or in Sense & Sensibility the young couple is torn apart by the discovery he made another girl pregnant and he is losing his inheritance. That isn't a huge part of the story and could be glossed over or skipped, but I wouldn't want to explain that to a child under 10. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frontier Mom Posted August 1, 2009 Author Share Posted August 1, 2009 All of Austen's novels are for higher level logic or rhetoric stage, not for grammar stage. That's what I was thinking but "Jane Austen" is listed under Grammar reading. I was wondering about that and what is intended there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dangermom Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 Well, I think it says "by or about" yes? SWB may have been thinking of abridgements or a biographical mention; I wouldn't give a real Austen novel to a grammar-stage kid. I might watch a good movie version, though--one without suggestive scenes (new Northanger Abbey, looking at you!*) or terrible interpretation of the story. *I actually love this movie, but they had Isabella sleep with Captain Tilney and the scene isn't graphic, but certainly not for an under-12 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avila Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 If you are looking for an age appropriate one about Jane Austen, this one is really good. http://www.amazon.com/Presenting-Miss-Austen-Lamberton-Becker/dp/1932350071/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1249097665&sr=8-1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harriet Vane Posted August 1, 2009 Share Posted August 1, 2009 SWB specifically recommends abridged and simplified versions of the classics at this stage rather than the real text, both in the book and in her seminars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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