More recent editions of Brontë novels:
First, this aberrant/pathetic edition of Jane Eyre that
we already discussed some months ago:
Jane Eyre. In half the time (Compact Edition)
Orion Publishing
Paperback
336 pages
198 x 129 mm
ISBN-10: 0753822784
ISBN-13: 9780753822784
CRW Publish
ing includes The Tenant of Wildfell Hall in their Collector's Library series:
The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
Anne Brontë
With an Afterword by Kathryn White
Publication date: September 2007
ISBN 978 1 905716 03 6
Categories: Books, Jane Eyre, The Tenant of Wildfell Hall
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ReplyDeleteThis is a pure guess but I bet they cut out or greatly edited the scene where Jane Eyre goes out for the walk where she meets Mr. Rochester for the first time.***Sarcasm on***With today's busy lives who needs to read Charlotte's description of the wintery atmosphere Miss Eyre is feeling. Just get to where she spooks Mr. Rochester's horse***Sarcasm Off*** Why do I mention this? Because it was this prose that made me a Bronte fan and Victorian lit in general. I enjoyed going for walks at twilight during the winter time, living in the Northeast US, and Charlotte put into words the reason I loved doing this. Yes some might consider it "padding" but those two paragraphs made a major impacgt on my life.
ReplyDeleteMy guess is they've kept the 'love story' and thrown the rest out of the window, atmospheric descriptions, relevant information, vital events, whatever.
ReplyDeleteI still don't know what the use of these books is.
So thanks for figuratively crying out loud your love for the 'padding'. You're not alone.
The stupid publishers could not even get the cover picture right. That woman appears to be wearing a Georgian era, 18th century, outfit.
ReplyDeletePS: The fact that I am able to differentiate 18th vs 19th century fashions is a tall tale sign I am obsessed with the Victorian era. Guilty as charged.