Posted by Jock on March 24, 2008 at 10:20:35 from 87.105.81.146 user Jock.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome the Socialist posted by Mike Dennis on March 24, 2008 at 09:45:53:
I found Duncan's second article on his new AR blog Great Northern? thought provoking
and ultimately convincing. To give the pot another stir I have put up a short introductory
piece on If Not Duffers.... Here is an extract from the latter.
The S&A books have been on the nursery bookshelves of quite a few remarkable peopleComments, even passionate ones most welcome!
such as: Clare Francis, Ellen MacArthur, Joanne Rowling, Paul Foot and Norman
Willis. Quite a few of his famous readers have admitted that they found Ransome's
books inspirational. Perhaps part of inspiration is in the way Ransome teaches his
youthful readers to think for themselves and not take everything on face value
regardless of the source. Character's like forceful Nancy Blackett, Captain of the
Amazon Pirates, or the quiet and literary minded Dorothea Callum, manage to outwit
the 'authorities' by a high degree of intelligence and a certain degree of deception.