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The 19th century child-lit world...
May. 4th, 2007 11:51 pmNot a lengthy discourse on same, never fear! Just a few amusing (to me) and/or relevant (perhaps) bits and pieces.
( Who was dissing whom in the kidlitosphere back then ... )
( Anecdote, of which I trust my readers to see the relevance... )
Firmly in the last-but-one century still, as I finished a reread of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, discovered I can't find my old copy of The Princess and the Goblin (and it's not easy to get in shops either - will have to Do Something) and can't put my hand on Peter Pan (next two up for module reading), need to reread Five Children and It and The Secret Garden. Then it's Alcott's Work & Little Women - about which I've already discovered that one of the changes from the original was to make Marmee tall and elegant instead of 'stout'. Bloody hell! That started early... And hopefully also rereading What Katy Did (and possibly the other two), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and Anne of Green Gables. Plus as much as I can stand to read online of The Wide Wide World, The Heir of Redclyffe and maybe even a bit of The Daisy Chain's 800+ pages. List of the more-recently published books burning holes in my self-restraint another time ...
( Who was dissing whom in the kidlitosphere back then ... )
( Anecdote, of which I trust my readers to see the relevance... )
Firmly in the last-but-one century still, as I finished a reread of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, discovered I can't find my old copy of The Princess and the Goblin (and it's not easy to get in shops either - will have to Do Something) and can't put my hand on Peter Pan (next two up for module reading), need to reread Five Children and It and The Secret Garden. Then it's Alcott's Work & Little Women - about which I've already discovered that one of the changes from the original was to make Marmee tall and elegant instead of 'stout'. Bloody hell! That started early... And hopefully also rereading What Katy Did (and possibly the other two), Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm, and Anne of Green Gables. Plus as much as I can stand to read online of The Wide Wide World, The Heir of Redclyffe and maybe even a bit of The Daisy Chain's 800+ pages. List of the more-recently published books burning holes in my self-restraint another time ...
