April talking meme

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velvetwhip asked_Was there a writer who made you want to write? And why.

Not in the sense that I read a particular author and felt: “Aha, I must write”. The closest is probably L. M. Montgomery. Not with Anne Shirley, though she writes and generally is the favourite, but with Emily. I always liked Anne, but her journey is one of the odd one who learns to adapt and fit in. Emily is much queerer and much more stubborn. Even Emily as an adult is seen as a peculiar person and she doesn’t seem to mind. And the way the need to write was described in the Emily-books was something that always stayed with me. And it’s something I understand- the need to express yourself with words and the sense of loss when one can’t.

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[evelyn-b.livejournal.com]

<3 Emily (and Anne, too).

[snogged.livejournal.com]

Great choice. :)

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

I do love Anne too! :)

[scripsi.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[colliemommie.livejournal.com]

I'm a Blue Castle girl, myself!

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I've never read those books. They are not translated to Swedish, otherwise I would probably have devoured them in my teens, but I didn't know about them until quite recently and I haven't got around to them yet. :)

[velvetwhip.livejournal.com]

I think that's so interesting. Thanks for the answer!


Gabrielle

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It was fun to mull over! :)

[paynesgrey.livejournal.com]

Wow, great answer. I love LM Montgomery too, for the Anne books. Emily has been on my to-read list for awhile. :)

[dancingdragon3.livejournal.com]

Even Emily as an adult is seen as a peculiar person and she doesn’t seem to mind.

I like how you describe Emily, and it sounds like a heroine I really need to read about. I've only heard of Anne, but I haven't read any of those books. I think the year we would have studied that and Jane Austin, etc, my class studied Southern literature like Faulkner, which I can't argue with. But now I've looked it up on Amazon, and will have to check out the trilogy. It sounds very inspirational.

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I love the Anne-books too, but Emily's character are more like myself, so I guess I can identify with her a bit more. :)

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It's children's books, of course, or rather YA, but I often re-read them. Though the story is simple- orphan goes to live with relatives who doesn't understand her, the actual story is a lot more complex. There are some like jealousy and possesiveness which isn't exactly something you'll normally find in books for that age group. And there is a grown man's infatuation with a child which I even as a child myself found oddly disturbing. (No abuse, nothing sexual happening.)

There are also some boderline supernatural things happening, which I Always enjoyed and also a rather cool view of the heroine- she isn't wholly without faults, again something I like. :)