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The Pigs Are Flying

This book delves into the complexities of rural communities and the transformations they undergo, with a focus on the lives of its inhabitants. more

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Emily Rodda
Emily Rodda

Emily Rodda, born on April 2, 1948, is a renowned Australian children's literature author. Her works are known for their rich imagination and unique narrative style, which have won her a wide audience. more

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“Will it be said that the judgment of a male of two years old, is more sage than that of a female's of the same age? I believe the reverse is generally observed to be true. But from that period what partiality! how is the one exalted, and the other depressed, by the contrary modes of education which are adopted! the one is taught to aspire, and the other is early confined and limited. As their years increase, the sister must be wholly domesticated, while the brother is led by the hand through all the flowery paths of science.”

“They say that there is no reality before it has been given shape by words rules regulations. They say that in what concerns them everything has to be remade starting from basic principles. They say that in the first place the vocabulary of every language is to be examined, modified, turned upside down, that every word must be screened.”