The books listed by OP were all written by white women...

Leave it white women to totally sidestep any responsibility for bigotry, never change

The author’s ability to intersect different generations and make it appealing to such a variety of demographics is brilliant. I only wish I could read it in its original language, I think some of his humour gets lost in the translation and can come off corny. Some of the quotes regardless of being translated are so brilliant.

His short fiction is great. Apart from certain exceptions his short stories are NOT for children. I think the collection with Henry Sugar is less adult than the other ones. The Landlady and Pig are haunting.

I've read some of his adult fiction and it's...fine. The only novelty is that it is written by a famous children's author. Doesn't have too much going for it beyond that.

>helping them regain the lost calcium

A common practice in smallholding is to feed the egg shells (crushed) back to the chickens in their feed.

>There are health problems associated with egg laying, as domesticchickens are bred to lay far more and bigger eggs than their jungle fowlancestors

A wide sweeping statement which is not accurate for all breeds of chicken. There are hundreds of breeds, from Bantams to Orpingtons, who lay at varying frequencies and various sizes and colours of egg.

>and also consider hormonal prevention of egg laying.

Tinkering with the reproductive system of an animal to satisfy your personal ideology? Surely that's hypocritical under veganism?

>Veganism is primarily against seeing non-human animals as being for human use.

I take the view that responsible and considerate husbandry of most animals can be symbiotic or commensalist. If the animals are healthy and happy whilst also providing milk/eggs/wool/honey, I see no issue with it.

I've only read one so far, "The Wish", but it was delightfully twisted in an age-appropriate way. I didn't know he wrote for adults. I may check those out, too.

I concur. Victor Hugo does have living descendants, and one of them tried to stop a "sequel" from being written:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2007/jan/31/books.france

He lost the case, and rightfully so. He's several generations removed from the author, and whatever rightful royalties Hugo and his immediate family deserved has long expired, as well as the right to control the IP. The sequel might suck, but there is no denying the right to write one.

Everything by great authors like Hugo, Dumas, Dickens, Twain, etc. is in public domain and I'm always for modernized translations to encourage a modern audience to read them. No need to beg anyone, or pay off some estate or long-removed descendant to do this!

Les Miz is best known for the 1862 Charles Wilbour translation, and that one is free on the Internet. The more modern translations started with Norman Denny (1976) , and others, such as Fahnestock, Donougher and Rose had stepped in with alternate new translations, with the language varying from "slightly modernized but still based on Wilbour" to "ultra-modern using contemporary slang and terminology".

https://welovetranslations.com/2021/07/29/whats-the-best-translation-of-les-miserables/

These are just some questions that came up for me. Feel free to take or toss.

1. Jane's most significant male figures in her life are Rochester and St. John, two very different personalities. Reflect on her relationship with St. John. Why might she be drawn to him?

2. At the climax, Jane rejects Rochester and flees the manor, but later, she has a change of heart. Why does she return to Rochester? How have her circumstances, beliefs, and feelings changed? Examine her decision through a feminist lens.

Yes. Try 'Bitch'. funny read

What u/theCatLeigh is saying is that they think it is cognitive dissonance to love chickens and yet still keep them as livestock.

A view I don't agree with, but feel free to downvote me further for trying to explain it.

My boyfriend's dream is for us to rent property and raise chickens together. I am not excited about the prospect except for "free" eggs.* I have to read this and figure what kind of weirdo I'm dating.**

• we are very casual, three years seeing each other, not in any hurry to live with him, much less raise chickens.

**i, too, am a weirdo. But he knows what kind of weirdo I am. Comic geek, book lady, workaholic.

That first point makes me want to reread the book. I wonder what he'd say about avoiding arguments in these polarizing times we live in.

On my list it goes!

I am today years old when I found out the pronunciation dude's name....not SAINT JOHN the way any normal person would pronounce it, but "Sinjin." The fuck?

Yeah, it's more of a networking book.

Those kind of books are so ridiculously bad. The irony is a lot of people wouldn't want to be friends with someone who finds a book like that deep

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I love his short stories for adults.

It's funny you mention that-- I just picked up an old e-ink kindle and I'm having a blast just going through novels :p (mostly my fav, mysteries)

Very moral oriented, all that jazz.

Yes, I agree more or less with your list, or you simply got me love you for mentioning Fearless. However, you didnt mention "Đavolja noć" by Adam Medvidović on your list, and that is the best of the hidden gems ever.

My pleasure! I started gathering all the details to visit some myself and thought I may as well share it!

Lots of friendships fail and lots of people have difficulty making friends exactly because they have poor social grace.

It's not the keeping them, a vegan might have rescue chickens, it's the use of them, including eggs. There are health problems associated with egg laying, as domestic chickens are bred to lay far more and bigger eggs than their jungle fowl ancestors. So a vegan with rescue chickens would feed the eggs back to the chickens, seeing them as theirs, helping them regain the lost calcium, and also consider hormonal prevention of egg laying. Veganism is primarily against seeing non-human animals as being for human use.

This is a social media website, having a consistent record that people can comment on and build relationships over is the whole point. If you don’t want people to see your shitty personality as a consistent continuation of behavior then go to 4chan where people can experience it in anonymous bursts.

Also, I’m allowed to see you as a chud without being a girl. The fact that those two categories of people largely overlap isn’t a coincidence per se but it’s a silly assumption to make and only further illustrates how out of touch you are.

I never knew there was a site that helped you find those, thats super cool. thanks!