I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it. (Edith Wharton)

I was never allowed to read the popular American children's books of my day because, as my mother said, the children spoke bad English without the author's knowing it.

Edith Wharton

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