tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post8005990133535524540..comments2024-03-10T10:00:21.430-07:00Comments on A Tapestry Of Words: YA Reviews: YA Through The Ages: the 1800sdanyahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07947267082874389487noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-59716854468683861942011-05-17T14:28:54.942-07:002011-05-17T14:28:54.942-07:00I find this subject fascinating so I'm going t...I find this subject fascinating so I'm going to read and comment on every post...<br /><br />I'm a fan of Little Women but I usually avoid 'classics', they just don't agree with me.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08996595797067004954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-49441940576791080932011-03-20T16:17:19.089-07:002011-03-20T16:17:19.089-07:00I plan on reading Little Women this year Of this ...I plan on reading Little Women this year Of this list, I've only read a few Brothers Grimm stories. It's so weird to think that those stories have been around for so long. <br /><br />Neat post!Brookehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08335201521684035669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-29723183583102735652011-03-16T16:13:34.137-07:002011-03-16T16:13:34.137-07:00@Stephanie: Thanks! Alice in Wonderland is a reall...@Stephanie: Thanks! Alice in Wonderland is a really quirky, wildly nonsensical adventure :) I'll probably have some of those boarding school stories listed in my next post on the early 1900s!<br /><br />@Alison: The Secret Garden was early 1900s, I'll definitely be including that one in my next post :)<br /><br />@A Canadian Girl: Thanks! LOL, yeah I haven't read a lot of them either. I'd like to be able to say I've read at least one massive Dickens book...maybe one day I will accomplish that! :Ddanyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947267082874389487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-40743123501832379622011-03-15T21:16:08.052-07:002011-03-15T21:16:08.052-07:00I think this is a great idea for a series!
I'...I think this is a great idea for a series!<br /><br />I'm just looking at the list of classics you've got and realized I really haven't read many of them. Maybe I'll try and read one this summer.A Canadian Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07127164685941412250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-33451531490199751192011-03-15T17:07:34.008-07:002011-03-15T17:07:34.008-07:00When did Secret Garden come out?
Also, I hated th...When did Secret Garden come out?<br /><br />Also, I hated the moral twist to Little Women. It nearly ruined the book.Alison Can Readhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908868606441539344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-26752243214673330092011-03-15T13:44:59.354-07:002011-03-15T13:44:59.354-07:00This is such a wonerful and unique idea for a seri...This is such a wonerful and unique idea for a series! All those photos of old book editions remind me of my local second hand bookshop. The only ones I've read out of the ones you mentioned are Little Women and Heidi, which I love. I plan to read Alice In Wonderland though. I think the craze for girls boarding school stories that took off in the early 1900s with Angela Brazil and Elinor M. Brent Dyer was really the big start of books aimed specifically at teen girls.Stephanie (Books Are A Girl's Best Friend)https://www.blogger.com/profile/18209205559175407310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-17001960656993910582011-03-15T11:28:24.681-07:002011-03-15T11:28:24.681-07:00Thanks for all the comments!
@YA Book Lover: I kn...Thanks for all the comments!<br /><br />@YA Book Lover: I know, I thought the same thing — I have no idea what it would be like to be that limited in terms of books available. I guess those kids were re-reading a lot!<br /><br />@Cialina: Cool! If you come across anything else to add, feel free to let me know :)<br /><br />@Ashley: Haha, I know, Great Expectations is so intimidating. The only Dickens I've read all the way through is A Christmas Carol, and I'm not sure that really counts, lol :D<br /><br />@flashlight_reader: Thanks! I think that time period was a pretty critical one in terms of changes in literature.<br /><br />@GMR: LOL, yeah it's funny to think that it was indeed "cutting edge" back then.<br /><br />@Small Review: Haha, I didn't think of it quite that way but it does frustrate me when people imply that YA is inferior somehow, and it's nice to be able to point out that yes, these classics *were* essentially "YA" back then. <br /><br />@Julia Karr: Great points, thanks! I didn't know that about A Little Princess, but I'll make a note of it in my post on YA in the early 1900s. Definitely agree with you about the high vocab level required - I think that's definitely different from the majority of YA books published these days.danyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07947267082874389487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-22329780544838022652011-03-15T10:37:17.296-07:002011-03-15T10:37:17.296-07:00You could conceivably include A Little Princess by...You could conceivably include A Little Princess by Frances Hodgson Burnett. Although not published in novel form until 1905, it was printed as a serial novella in 1888. <br /><br />I've read several of the aforementioned books. I loved Great Expectations (as I do most of Dickens) And, Dumas' (The Count of Monte Cristo) Ah, The Three Musketeers - what an adventure! <br /><br />One of the the things I find most interesting when reading books written for children/young adults in the 1800's/early 1900's is that the writers expected their readers to have a firm and wide grasp of vocabulary. I spent many an afternoon reading classics with a dictionary by my side! (A good thing!)Julia Karrhttp://juliakarr.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-12339381852472507352011-03-15T09:58:51.377-07:002011-03-15T09:58:51.377-07:00Another excellent post! I love how you're alwa...Another excellent post! I love how you're always doing something unique and interesting here. I love pointing out all those classic YA books to adult readers who look down their nose at YA.Small Reviewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16072352095510905410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-61114444141025815332011-03-15T08:01:26.889-07:002011-03-15T08:01:26.889-07:00Interesting post. Informative and yet bookishly f...Interesting post. Informative and yet bookishly fun. Is it odd that I've read more of every category there...except number 2? *-* I agree with you on the limited reading options but at the time it was "cutting edge"...though don't say that too loud in this day and age because yeah....there's new books popping up each week, ESPECIALLY in the YA genre. Yay for variety! It is the spice of life after all....happy reading!Ginahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067420839553243250noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-58207163903528430082011-03-15T03:23:09.076-07:002011-03-15T03:23:09.076-07:00I never thought of the classics being YA literatur...I never thought of the classics being YA literature. Very interesting. It seems that time period was full of change. Women's roles in literature began changing during the same time period. <br /><br />This was very informational. Thanks!The Flashlight Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14235526668580595149noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-32016440342554206872011-03-14T23:00:17.922-07:002011-03-14T23:00:17.922-07:00How interesting! That's something I never woul...How interesting! That's something I never would have thought about, but I absolutely love the idea! And really, I'm 'scared' to start Great Expectations myself! Reading it as a youngster?! *shudder*Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07895603279815878376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-62424197059850904192011-03-14T20:09:26.579-07:002011-03-14T20:09:26.579-07:00Thanks for this post!!! I might actually do a rese...Thanks for this post!!! I might actually do a research paper on young adult/ children's books for my history paper this semester. I'll let you know if I come up with anything else!Cialina at Muggle-Born.nethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15149012619221886587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7076115639598447002.post-17361955539919637992011-03-14T19:13:37.959-07:002011-03-14T19:13:37.959-07:00This is such an interesting idea for a series! I h...This is such an interesting idea for a series! I have not read any of those books. I can't imagine being that limited in terms of books to read. I read an average of a book every 2 days so I can't imagine reading all of them and then running out of books to read!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10203621081294882070noreply@blogger.com