Posted by Mike Dennis on November 08, 2014 at 00:16:31 user MTD.
In Reply to: Re: Ransome's language posted by Adam Quinan on November 07, 2014 at 14:00:32:
In the sense of readability his use of language is very interesting.
I wonder if anyone has done an analysis of reading age for his books?
What I have noticed re-reading them as an adult is that they are still readable, but the use of language in SA is more child directed than the later novels. I assume that as SA was probably in AR's own mind a 'one off' the success changed his writing style and level of vocabulary.