The Wind in the Willows

“Under severe compulsion from Badger, even the barge woman was, with some trouble, sought out and the value of her horse discreetly made good to her; though Toad kicked terribly at this, holding himself to be an instrument of Fate, sent to punish fat women with mottled arms who couldn't tell a real gentleman when they saw one.”

Lol that's one of the last paragraphs in the books ending. It was disturbing the amount of misogynistic shit for a children's book. And not me minding myself over the reviews of people saying “this is my son's favorite book” or “my father read this to me as a kid” yeah yeah, I wonder why the prevalence of men reading/enjoying this one.

A world where the lower class are shat on and women are scum. Awesome!