Talk:Charlotte's Web

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[edit] Discussion

Charlotte's web is a great novel. Even though it is some kind of a children's lit., it surely affected me.

I don't know that we need a list of every edition of this book ever printed, but at least I moved it to the bottom so it wouldn't get in the way of reading the article. - DavidWBrooks 22:41, 28 Jan 2005 (UTC)

You're right, it's not needed. I deleted it. LittleDan^talk 03:13, 7 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Song lyrics

Wikipedia isn't the place to put down the lyrics of songs, please. - DavidWBrooks 01:21, 27 Mar 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Vandalism?

I removed the follwing, assuming it was vandalism:

It should be noted that before being published, the book came under heavy fire for its anti-Semetic and anti-African American tones. In fact, Tempelton the rat claimed on page seventy nine: "The farmer is a filthy Jew who won't eat you anyway, Wilbur. It's true", and was also portrayed as a smooth talking black man in the body of a rat, who was often called 'nigger' and treated unfairly by the other animals. The book was not allowed on the shelves in most bookstores and was kept in a brown paper bag in the ones that did carry it. Later, the book was edited due to poor sellings, but author E.B. White would claim until his death that the black man was constantly trying to keep him down.

66.102.74.46 08:23, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)

^ I LOLed 68.94.27.67 5 July 2005 16:56 (UTC)

Especially the "paper bag" part. LOL. Dora Nichov 04:28, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charlotte's Web 2

Shouldn't there be an article about Charlotte's Web 2, the sequel to the 1973 film? It was really tacky and ugly, but I think it still deserves an article.Ohyeh 18:06, 24 July 2006 (UTC)

Maybe there should, you could write one! However remember this is the article about the novel and as with the other two films, just mention should be made here to any other adaptations, Film, TV or theatre; and maybe comparison. Thanks :: Kevinalewis : ^{(Talk Page)}/_(Desk) 09:02, 25 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charlotte's Web films

However, the 1973 film and the 2006 film are both classified as Kids' Films. --PJ Pete

[edit] More character information needed

I haven't read the book in years, so I'm certainly not qualified to do it, but someone who's more familiar with the story should write up at least a one-sentence description for each character. At the moment it's just a list. --DearPrudence 04:36, 28 November 2006 (UTC)

I just finished reading this book for the first time since I was kid. The character list here must be from the movie because many of the characters listed here are definitely not in the book and the Zuckerman's farm hand, "Lurvy" and Fern's brother, Avery aren't listed at all.abcgirl 22:14, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Spoiler Warning

i think a spoiler warning on the "plot" section... no? (Antonio.sierra 07:04, 12 February 2007 (UTC))

[edit] Original research?

The Writing style section (which I just sectioned off) sounds like original research. Could someone either provide citations/references for it or remove it? --GracieLizzie 21:35, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] A Series of Unfortunate Events

Shouldn't this article mention the references from Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events to Charlotte's Web? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 189.30.4.18 (talk) 00:00, 5 November 2007 (UTC)