Comparisons of Harry Potter and The Secret Garden

[pegkerr]

Fascinating posts from John Granger, comparing the Harry Potter books and Frances Hodgson Burnett's The Secret Garden here and here.

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[pinkfinity.livejournal.com]

I love how he's listed out so many of the parallels, but I didn't see mention of two of my favorites:

The boy had a sharp, delicate face the color of ivory and he seemed to have eyes too big for it. He had also a lot of hair which tumbled over his forehead in heavy locks and made his thin face seem smaller. Mary could not help noticing what strange eyes he had. They were agate gray ....
"I think he's a very spoiled boy," said Mary.

[ozarque.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the links to the two Granger posts...

Hamster

[minnehaha.livejournal.com]

This is completely unrelated to your post.

B

Re: Hamster

[pegkerr.livejournal.com]

Hilarious, thank you!

[aome.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling a bit under the weather this evening, so I didn't wade through ALL of the second post, but I still found it an interesting idea overall. Thanks for sharing.