Re: Thoughts on "things Ransome"


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Posted by Harry Miller on November 11, 1997 at 03:52:09:

In Reply to: Re: Thoughts on "things Ransome" posted by Mary on November 09, 1997 at 09:42:43:

Mary, I'm sure you aren't alone in trying to find your "desert island"
AR story. If I was so marooned and could have only one of the twelve I
would choose PP (today anyway), although I find it hard to justify it
over SD or WH. You might like to read (if you haven't already) Kristy
Cochrane's talk, "Motive and Motif in Swallows and Amazons and Pigeon
Post" found on the literary pages of this website. I found it very
helpful in analysing my own appreciation in these two books. However it
still doesn't help me a lot in choosing PP over WH. Maybe it's because
I live here in Canada (Toronto) where snow and ice are not much of a
novelty. As for SD, it doesn't have the D's and besides I've had several
fruitless searches for the place and am a bit annoyed at it.
(When you are struggling through the bracken in the pouring rain looking
for waterfalls there are too many! Heck, I'm in the middle of P&M
right now and maybe it's the best.


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