Posted by Adam Quinan on August 29, 2007 at 20:46:49 from 192.75.48.150 user Adam.
In Reply to: Re: The 'Miss Turner' slur (was The 'Miss Nancy' enigma posted by Jock on August 29, 2007 at 20:17:39:
The GA undoubtedly had the best of intentions by her lights, but those intentions were not those of her younger family members.
I do think that Ransome's use of the elderly maiden (great) aunt is more than just a stereotype/slur. A character who had had children and/or grandchildren of her own would be more in tune with modern 1930s ways and be less likely to be so rigid and Victorian in her expectations of the Amazons' behaviour.