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Post by Brie D on Aug 6, 2015 17:26:24 GMT -6
I figured this thread was needed as the Librivox thread was going off topic.
Another of my favourites is Friends Though Divided.
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Post by LadyErika on Aug 7, 2015 9:02:54 GMT -6
To quote FairyTaleArista from the other thread: Yes, they did. I listened to Under Drake's Flag first, which kept the names right, and then listened to In Freedom's Cause, where they gave Archie Ned's name. I'm guessing it's because they set it up as if Henty is telling the story to two boys, one of whom is named Ned - so the main character has that name... But it was just wrong, and I cringed when I heard it. "Ned Forbes" just doesn't have the same ring to it as "I am Sir Archibald Forbes!" There's a short bit where he's visiting his - uncle, I think? - and his uncle says, "Archie, was it?" and he says, "No, the name's Ned" - and I said, "NO IT'S NOT! You were right the first time!" Henty would not be pleased... And they left out Cluny's escapade as a girl...which I was sad about...but I must say that the witty and clever scheme that replaced it was most hilarious! I laughed out loud, and so did the other 3 people that I saw listen to it. I like In Freedom's Cause, too (even did a speech from it in high school - the part where Marjory and Cluny rescue Archie from Berwick).
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Post by Brie D on Aug 7, 2015 15:00:45 GMT -6
Yes. It is so annoying. I was the only one who had actually read the book so my brothers didn't have as much as a problem. I hadn't read any Henty books before we listened to Under Drake's Flag. I think I know why girls like Henty books even though they were written for boys. It's the partly a love of adventure, but I think it's also the great heroes. Boys should try to be that kind of man, but girls are looking for that kind of man. And some of the girls a pretty awesome too.
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Post by LadyErika on Aug 8, 2015 8:17:17 GMT -6
Yes, Henty heroes are great. I love how they're so quick-witted and ingenious - and calm and level-headed in the greatest danger - but yet so modest and humble about it all - so quick to disclaim any special merit or talent in accomplishing their great deeds.
That's one reason I like In the Reign of Terror best though - it's a unique storyline with THREE girls (instead of the usual one) - and each lends a unique personality to the story. And it's not a "war" story.
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Post by Brie D on Aug 8, 2015 14:45:32 GMT -6
I've read that one but some reason I didn't take as much notice of it. I think I was comparing it to the Scarlet Pimpernel.
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Post by FairyTaleArista on Aug 8, 2015 22:17:10 GMT -6
I like to joke a bit about the "Henty" formula. But I love the fact that there's always a touch of a very sweet romance, at least at the end. In fact, my favorite game to play while reading the books is "spot the love interest" which can occasionally be difficult.
I need to track down again, and finish reading Wulf the Saxon, now that you mention it. I enjoyed what I read of it, but then my computer died and I lost the copy I had downloaded from Gutenberg.
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Post by LadyErika on Aug 9, 2015 15:00:42 GMT -6
In Freedom's Cause is the first one I read many years ago. Wulf the Saxon was second. Beric the Briton was third. The Cat of Bubastes was up there too. After that I lost track.
*counts 32 hardcover Henty books in sight from where she's currently sitting*
*doesn't count kindle Hentys because it will take too long*
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Post by FairyTaleArista on Aug 9, 2015 15:35:21 GMT -6
The Cat of Bubastes was my first, and the other two I distinctly remember reading are The Young Cartegenien and In Freedom's Cause, though I think there was another one. I've half read a few others. Oh yes - and For the Temple. I read that one, too. It was the first book I read on a kindle.
I need to get back to reading his work. They're thick writing, but I love the history.
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Post by Brie D on Aug 9, 2015 16:50:33 GMT -6
I only have ebooks and have read less than a dozen. Another one I like is The White Hoods of Paris. And I like playing spot the love interest too. (The other week when I was reading an unrelated book I guessed that a pair of people would be at least moving towards marriage by the end of the book. I was way out. She was expecting their second child )
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Post by FairyTaleArista on Aug 9, 2015 17:13:24 GMT -6
Some Henty books are easier than others. For the Temple, I spotted almost immediately (because she was introduced immediately), while it took a while before we met the love interest in In Freedom's Cause and The Young Carthaginian. I think I had her pegged in Wulf the Saxon, but since I didn't finish the book, I don't know if I succeeded. And it's been a few years, so I can't say who she was off the top of my head.
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