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Thread #60787   Message #974243
Posted By: belfast
29-Jun-03 - 12:54 PM
Thread Name: Swallowed a fly
Subject: Swallowed a fly
Ian McEwan's great novel "Atonement" is set in England in the 30's, sometime prior to WW2. A young girl in the novel quotes the line, "There was an old lady who swallowed a fly". Am I right in thinking this is a bit anachronistic? And, if it is, am I being incredibly petty for noticing it?