Spoilers seem to be in order for this, which I consider silly for a book
published in 1949 but here goes.
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I have just read this, the first Bannermere book for me.
Now, this is a case of me and Dr Fell, so don't get offended, Trease fans.
I simply don't like GT. I find the histori
On 9 Nov 2004 at 11:16, nicky smith wrote:
Trease seemed to have gradually moved to the right until the
Bannermere books
Then Sue said:
Actually, I think Trease stayed the same (roughly), though less strident as
he grew older; but society moved towards him, so he appears to have moved
rightwards
Barbara said:> Rosamond, degraded? Even Maidlin works as a waitress at one
point.
And Nicky backed this up.
You're quite right, both of you. That was definitely a point too far. In
fact books of this period are littered with people starting genteel tea
shops from M E Atkinson, to Agatha Chris
I'm not going to put spoilers because I don't think I'm giving away any of
the plot.
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From: "Barbara Dryden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I'm glad you partly enjoyed No Boats on Bannermere, Barbara!
>Then there are hits
> at the boarding school story, with Bill wondering why w
I wrote;
>But, personally, I do think Ransome is much more a
> "safe" kind of writer, in that he only wrote one kind of book,
To avoid confusion, I should say I mean he stuck to one kind of book in his
"different" or groundbreaking work for children (i.e. the Swallows and
Amazons books), not his
I take Sally's point about the dates of the two writers and also that
Trease tackled a broader range of subjects in his books. I can never agree
that Trease was a patch on Ransome as a writer.
Sally wrote
Oh, not that long! Swallows and Amazons was only 1930, 4 years before
Trease's first book
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From: "Barbara Dryden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> I take Sally's point about the dates of the two writers and also that
> Trease ta
Rosamond, degraded? Even Maidlin works as a waitress at one point.
Tig wrote
Their mother takes up a trade - and a very menial one (judging by the
standards of the period when serving in a teashop can be seen as the
ultimate degradation) and not only doesn't bat an eyelid but finds it fun.
--
Bar
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From: "Barbara Dryden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 8:26 AM
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> Rosamond, degraded? Even Maidlin works as a waitress at one point.
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> Tig wrote
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From: "Tig Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Having said all that, I do think Trease falls down horribly on the subject
> of girls. I wince every time Bill makes some patronising comment about
> girls' fuss and chatter and flutter, and I think he treats Penny
abominably
>
> My copy of this has just arrived and I am delighted
> with it. I've only read Geoffrey Treases Maythorne
> books before and this was a particularly good read. I
> read most of it last night and on the train this
> morning. I also looked up the 4 sequels on amazon,
> abe, ebay etc and regretfu
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