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10-22-2013, 04:12 PM | #16 |
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Is this a kind of fanfic for those who wouldn't be seen dead reading fanfic?
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I first read the Austen novels as a teenager and had no problems with them. It wasn't necessary to follow all the details of entails etc. - it was clear that the point was the heroines weren't going to inherit the family fortune. |
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10-23-2013, 06:33 AM | #20 |
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I like reading the classics but at some point I noticed that I mostly read foreign language classics and seldom German ones. I supposed that the reason for this could be the older language or the speed of the stories. In foreign books or in their translations that are mostly of a newer date I don't experience this problem so much.
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10-23-2013, 06:47 AM | #22 |
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Hmm. I read part of the extract - the part I could see, with that big ad covering the side - and I didn't think it was unusually good, actually. But then I thought P.D. James' book missed the mark too.
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10-23-2013, 07:26 AM | #23 |
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I read Persuasion a couple of years back and the language definitely slowed me down a little. If my TBR wasn't already so big...
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If I recall correctly a while back (maybe years) there was a discussion here at MR about a similar sort of effort. In that case it was a rewrite of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. The reasoning offered for that, removing language that might offend modern sensibilities, was different but my objection to rewrites remains much the same for The Austen Project.
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Anyway together with Poohbear_nc point regarding language I would have to ask this. If Austen's novels are to be rewritten to eliminate any words or phrases that modern readers might have trouble with, and if the novels are to be jazzed up to be “non-stop action” what's the point of even doing it? What's the point of reading Austen? |
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And will we be doing Shakespeare next? How about Moby Dick?
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There have been innumerable modern interpretations of Shakespeare. "West Side Story", to name but one example, is an adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet". I think many people would say that West Side Story is an excellent work in its own right, and can be enjoyed without the least knowledge of Shakespeare. Heck, I strongly suspect that the overwhelming majority of people who watch it don't even realise that it is an adaptation of Shakespeare.
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It would be easier to count what hasn't been adapted rather than what was. There are many adaptations of Shakespeare and Moby Dick. When someone put out an edited version to Huckleberry Finn, I was upset too. But I came to realize that was irrational. It didn't harm the original one iota, it was nothing more than a pebble in the ocean. Such concerns are based on thinking that the adaptation could supplant the original, but that doesn't happen. The original is free, and free competes quite well with the adaptation that you have to pay for.
I don't think I will be reading this adaptation, it doesn't interest me. But whether or not I want it is irrelevant. There are many books that I don't want, it doesn't concern me that they exist. What I want is that the original is available, and no adaptation is going to replace it. Thus I am unharmed by an adaptation, and I would only harm myself by allowing it to upset me. |
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Adaptations add to our cultural heritage, whether or not one personally chooses to partake of them. |
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I've nothing against reading the original but it'd be a shame to miss out on things like Forbidden Planet (based on The Tempest) or Clueless (Emma). I recently read A Study in Scarlet for the first time and whilst it was OK I much preferred the Moffatt TV version.
Of course they are all adapted to a different medium. Off the top of my head I can't think of a book that's based on an earlier book where I've read both but the principle's the same. |
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