![]() ![]() Now, of course, I’m glad that I somehow managed to miss out on the film version of Mary Poppins. Perhaps partly because I didn’t really know what a nanny was yet, and the animated African plains seemed much more interesting than London’s rooftops. At the time, Simba and Nala seemed to me to be infinitely more interesting companions than a singing nanny with a funny hat. My sole exposure to the Disney film was a trailer at the beginning of my video copy of The Lion King. ![]() I’m sure that the character of Mary Poppins is familiar to many, thanks to fond childhood memories of Julie Andrews, magic umbrellas, and… dancing hippos? Or was it ostriches? I forget. Mary Poppins seemed like the perfect book to end with, promising fun, laughs, and a little magic. After a year with a number of grim reads – All Quiet on the Western Front and Nineteen Eighty-Four, to name just a few – I was glad to finally reach this point. I’m here with a review (finally) of the last book on my Back to the Classics list. Well, hello! I do hope that everyone had a lovely Christmas, filled with all sorts of pleasant things. This book is #99 on my Classics Club list and #4 on my Back to the Classics list for 2014. ![]()
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