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T.C. Harris@jepyang I remain convinced that much of the American praise for the "originality" of the HP books is rooted in crediting authorial creativity for things that are actually perfectly mundanely British - like the organization of boarding schools and social classes.
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Me, an American, reading HP as a kid: holy shit they take *torches* to go explore the school after dark?
Me, an American, reading HP as a kid: holy shit they take *torches* to go explore the school after dark?
Kelvin n0mql EN35ldWe may’ve simply misunderstood, as that’s what the Brits call “flashlights”.
Then the American illustrator drew it as what we call a torch, & she thought to herself, “Oh, that’s even better!” then kept her mouth shut about it.