Jude the Obscure. Thomas Hardy. Nineteenth century. The eldest son (a child) kills his younger siblings and then himself and leaves a note "Because we are too menny." I was way too young when I read that book, and it had a tremendous effect on me. -M On Wed, Aug 10, 2016 at 7:02 AM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote: > What?? >