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Read nancy drew online free4/5/2023 ![]() ![]() It comes across as particularly nasty since it’s coming from Bess’s own cousin and supposed best friend. Well, I certainly did not realize exactly how many times George (usually) makes fun of Bess for eating. The Nancy Drew books love to have Nancy travel to other countries, too, and these books often prove opportunities for the author to drop knowledge that sometimes seems of questionable origin.Īnd we can’t forget the fat shaming! When I was growing up, I was aware that Bess is the “plump” one, George is the boyish athletic one, and Nancy is the popular and smart one. Other times, the books tend to stereotype other cultures, depicting Others as superstitious, backwards, or just plain “strange” because they are different. Often, the books simply remove any characters who are not white. ![]() Though many of the earlier books were revised in an attempt to remove the racism that even readers at the time were denouncing, this project did not altogether succeed. The Nancy Drew books are also frequently discussed in terms of the way they depict race. Sometimes, “nice” poor people can be objects for Nancy’s charity, though. Basically, anyone in Nancy’s world who is badly or gaudily dressed, wears too much makeup, lives in the “wrong” part of town, and has bad manners has to be the villain. ![]() Nancy helps poor, people, of course, but the books generally depict only two types–the genteelly poor (those who used to be rich, but have fallen on hard times and need Nancy to find their lost inheritance so they can regain their former social status) or the “rough” poor–the criminals in the stories. But I did not realize just how often Nancy and her mysteries favor the wealthy. She had her own car and enough of her dad’s money to go on as many vacations and trips as she could ever wish. I knew as a child, of course, that Nancy was rich, popular, and attractive. To begin, it is difficult now not to see the classism inherent in the Nancy Drew books. ![]()
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