Posted by RichardG on May 27, 2003 at 09:41:55 from 213.123.222.218 user RichardG.
In Reply to: Re: Ages of characters posted by John Nichols on May 26, 2003 at 18:04:55:
If CITN should be reprinted, I would like to see "Their Own Story" added. For those who have not read "Arthur Ransome & Captain Flint's Trunk" (also out of print) this is AR's original draft opening for "Peter Duck" and has the S&As and Captain Flint fogbound on a Norfolk wherry in the winter between S&A and SD (1929/30 or 1930/31 according to taste).
Although he abandoned the idea of PD as a narrative made up by the characters (as far as PD itself went - although SD mentions it) the extract is a fine piece of writing, quite up to AR's normal standard in his published works, and deserves a wider audience. As CITN is essentially a collection of unfinished works, "Their Own Story" would fit well as an addition to it.