tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post2206508460818286642..comments2024-03-28T12:00:55.653-07:00Comments on FURROWED MIDDLEBROW: Update: A small batch of children's authorsFurrowed Middlebrowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-85876813368670664862014-05-11T11:10:56.160-07:002014-05-11T11:10:56.160-07:00Oh, my, I do need to work on that, Susan. Of cour...Oh, my, I do need to work on that, Susan. Of course, it will be a bit less impressive (but a lot tidier) now that the Great Purge of 2014 is almost complete...Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-21828682241129074152014-05-10T14:54:27.086-07:002014-05-10T14:54:27.086-07:00I'll go along with ATomonymous... I think one...I'll go along with ATomonymous... I think one of my Lost Comments was a request to see photos of your bookshelves.Susan Dhttp://www.destevenson.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-31235225693407635672014-05-10T14:50:44.328-07:002014-05-10T14:50:44.328-07:00How on earth did you know, Tom? I do in fact find...How on earth did you know, Tom? I do in fact find myself sometimes annoyed by the need to go to work, the fact that I get hungry in the middle of doing my research, and the fact that I require sleep. Such wastes of time! :-)<br /><br />As much as I wish I had my own spacious, multi-floored library, in fact most of the books I mention in these update posts are not, in fact, in my personal collection. I collect lovely cover images of books more than I collect books. But were I to win the lottery...Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-46401499453196169322014-05-10T10:08:30.547-07:002014-05-10T10:08:30.547-07:00Scott, reading this last post, I cannot but wonder...Scott, reading this last post, I cannot but wonder, is your furniture made out of books? Do you have remote storage? Do you have a separate apartment just for books? A sort of "Scott's Annexe?" WHERE do they all go? WHEN do you find time to sleep, eat, work? It must annoy you to have to take away reading time for mundane everyday activities! TomAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-78785522039297033482014-05-09T15:37:00.726-07:002014-05-09T15:37:00.726-07:00I'm sure you're right, Cestina. I remembe...I'm sure you're right, Cestina. I remember reading about how influential Little Women was for women writers in England as well as the US, and have always meant to get around to reading it for that reason, but alas never have. I wouldn't be surprised if Brent-Dyer meant Joey to be a recognizable homage.<br /><br />Too bad about the talk, but I completely understand. You'll just have to come and give the talk in San Francisco someday!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-54705718451031380002014-05-09T13:32:06.701-07:002014-05-09T13:32:06.701-07:00How did that manage to get posted as Anonymous? ...How did that manage to get posted as Anonymous? Hmm - must have hit the drop down thingy by mistake. Sorry.....Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-52889152100108909092014-05-09T13:19:39.154-07:002014-05-09T13:19:39.154-07:00I'd be very happy to share it but sadly it'...I'd be very happy to share it but sadly it's not in a transmittable form - on lots of pieces of card which are now in a sad state of disarray since I rarely need them anymore and occasionally I find myself glancing down and thinking "What on earth does that say?" Sorry......<br /><br />Apropos school stories - I've just been rereading all the Little Women books and if Joey Bettany/Maynard, one of the lead characters in the Chalet School series, isn't a straight steal from Jo March/Bhaer, I'm a Dutchman. And given that Jo March is held to be Louisa M. Alcott herself, that puts L.M.A straight into the Chalet School series.....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-43401839465538136552014-05-09T12:57:17.089-07:002014-05-09T12:57:17.089-07:00Ha! Never assume that I know what I'm saying,...Ha! Never assume that I know what I'm saying, Cestina! I had no idea "budget" also had that meaning. Strange that I've never come across that--or have I? And just assumed that it was used with its financial meaning?<br /><br />You've mentioned your talk on school stories before, Cestina. Is it something that could be shared? I'd love to read it, if you felt comfortable with that (and if it's in a form that made that possible).Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-59314330939175077492014-05-09T12:19:12.320-07:002014-05-09T12:19:12.320-07:00I agree about Carbonel - delightful.
Whatever yo...I agree about Carbonel - delightful. <br /><br />Whatever you do, read the Blyton books with substantial time gaps between each one in a series. I adored them as a child but read through both the Mallory Towers and St Clares series very fast when preparing my talk on school stories. Had I not known that word processors didn't exist in her day I would have suspected her of cutting and pasting huge sections from book to book....cue key word, cue same paragraph again in the next book.<br /><br />Given that Jane Austen is now being completely rewritten I don't think anyone is safe anymore. Though maybe whole new books is a step worse (or better?) than chopping and changing originals.<br /><br />I guess the budget comment may be tongue in cheek? Lots of girls' books are called this so just in case it wasn't - a definition: "• archaic A quantity of written or printed material" :-)Cestinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03050699324845479257noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-81025343411999017952014-05-09T07:07:28.384-07:002014-05-09T07:07:28.384-07:00How interesting about Rescue. I barely found any ...How interesting about Rescue. I barely found any information about it at all. I'll add it to my list to ask John Herrington about. I didn't know that about Sleigh's husband. The Carbonel books do certainly look like fun!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-6953788391432202232014-05-09T07:03:33.046-07:002014-05-09T07:03:33.046-07:00Thanks, Kaggsy. Seems like a common problem for s...Thanks, Kaggsy. Seems like a common problem for school stories. I know I've been warned about reprints of Brent-Dyer and Oxenham as well. I suppose it's a sign of how these books weren't taken seriously--imagine someone publishing an "updated" version of a Virginia Woolf novel!Furrowed Middlebrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065110409019861653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-88230129879229358612014-05-09T01:47:18.880-07:002014-05-09T01:47:18.880-07:00So agree with Kaggsy about Blyton's school sto...So agree with Kaggsy about Blyton's school stories. I only really like Malory Towers and then only with the original illustrations.<br /><br />When I first read Rescue in Ravensdale, I thought it read as though written by a man. I've an idea someone found that out to be the case, but no amount of searching will find the reference now, Tsk.<br /><br />Carbonel is lovely! My daughter adored those books when she was small (probably still does). Barbara Sleigh's husband David Davis was for many years a reader of stories on BBC radio (The Home Service in those days) Children's Hour. He had a beautiful, distinctive voice which I can still hear in my head.callmemadamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12711070764040041338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5595702824833504762.post-34961257493055719832014-05-08T12:39:43.047-07:002014-05-08T12:39:43.047-07:00Blyton actuall did two series of school stories - ...Blyton actuall did two series of school stories - the Malory Towers series and the St. Clare's series. Both are excellent (I devoured them all as a child) but a warning - never, *never* read modern editions as they have been completely bowdlerised and re-written. Example: the heroine Darrell Rivers slaps another girl in the first book so hard she can see the marks on her leg. In the modern version it's a small shaking. I have ranted a bit about this on my blog. Anyway, they're wonderful books, as long as you read her original stories!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com