tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374572.post4581539656846749222..comments2008-10-07T21:51:10.008-07:00Barbara Hannayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077064170686768953noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374572.post-71728802673340210882008-10-07T21:51:00.000-07:002008-10-07T21:51:00.000-07:00Anne, I take your point. I should admit that it's twenty years or more since I read Sargasso Sea and my memory is vague at best. Perhaps all re-writing interferes with the original. And I guess it's up to the reader whether they want to "go there" or not.Barbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03077064170686768953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374572.post-12233049465120640682008-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:002008-10-07T16:03:00.000-07:00I'm not so sure, Barbara, that the The Wide Sargasso Sea didn't disrupt my reading of Jane Eyre. Certainly it showed a different and rather ruthless aspect of Rochester's character. I love Jane Eyre and always thought of Rochester as a suitable hero, but after reading Jean Rhus's book, he became more ambiguously heroic to me.Anne Graciehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02564152027118499399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33374572.post-22392611190488524252008-10-04T17:57:00.000-07:002008-10-04T17:57:00.000-07:00I agree, no-one should mess with Elizabeth and Mr Darcy that way. I have read another sequel and the author treated them very appropriately. Sometimes I think people write things just because they can.2pawhttp://cindy2paw.typepad.com/2paw/noreply@blogger.com