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Christchurch denied access to great books
From: The Press
Date: 20050728
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As a ratepayer in Burwood, I found it offensive that on visiting my local library I was unable to feed what's left of my brain with time-honoured literature.
The nice lady at the desk advised me that I would find such books at the main library. With a population nearing half a million in Christchurch, there are only single copies of Fyodor Dostoevsky, H. G. Wells, and George Orwell throughout the city.
Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty-Four foresee this type of social engineering -- keeping children uneducated under a communist regime.
If even 0.05% of Cantabrians want to read classic ...
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