Madeleine Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 On 02/01/2022 at 5:20 PM, Raven said: Not seen that; is this an offer directly from the British Library? No you should be able to get it from a bookshop, or online. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madeleine Posted January 3, 2022 Author Share Posted January 3, 2022 18 hours ago, willoyd said: I have to say I pretty much gave up with this series: far too many of them were exactly that - two dimensional. Wooden characters, unlikely plots and, as you say, dated. It seemed to me that there was a pretty good reason why they hadn't been republished! I don't mind the dated thing too much, it's inevitable given that some of them were written 70 or 80 years ago. Most of the others I've read have been enjoyable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willoyd Posted January 3, 2022 Share Posted January 3, 2022 2 hours ago, Madeleine said: I don't mind the dated thing too much, it's inevitable given that some of them were written 70 or 80 years ago. Most of the others I've read have been enjoyable. Yes, a lot of my reading is of older books, and strictly speaking most of them will inevitably be recognisably from the time they were written. However, for me, 'dated' means a bit more than that, something along the lines of 'has not worn well' - i.e. they were probably OK at the time but don't read well now. There's a fine line between fashionably 'retro', and out of date, and one person's retro will be another person's dated (and vice-versa!). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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