Thankyou; I am visually impaired. I had a digital player from Library of Congress that died and had to be sent in for repair. I was unable to read, "Talking Books," until I found this site.
Love this! FYI, half breed was not considered a derogatory term back when these books were written. Nowadays, it's much nicer than other words used. Really no different than white, black, Indian, Asian, etc. No term holds power to hurt you unless you let it.
and what exactly do you mean "was not considered a derogatory term.." By whom? It depends on who you ask. Of course the ppl using it thought it was fine and dandy, same with many words we have come to see differently..
I think that there are no pure breed people, as in my case my father's ancestry includes: English, Dutch, and American Indian, and Mom's family has Scotch, Irish, English, German. So words like Mulligan Stew, and Half Bred are of little consequence to me, because I am a mix of all those who make up the past and built the foundation on which future generations will make the next arch in the circle of our Genealogy.
That last story was indeed hard to listen too. The worst story so far by LMM though I think the story it self is kinda beautiful from the perspective of Tannis but the language and the guy and his lover are terrible. In the story, Tannis isn't even the main character but sort of a secondary one. It was set up so Elinor is the main and Tannis was just mentioned for her self sacrificing deed. Jerome is a terrible human too. If I have not known this was by LMM I would not have guessed it was by her though there are hints here and there that it was her. The language is just not her. I've read the Green Gable series up to this one, read Emily of New Moon and Emily Climbs and Kilmeny of the Orchard. None of them use such language as this one has. LLM used some mild questionable languages in her other works but they're pretty tame. This one goes all out. No wonder there was a lawsuit regarding this book. This was not published with with permission.
WTF is with chapter 16? It has no proper ending; it just stops. It is also not very well written. Does anyone else suspect a friend of hers wrote it and she added it to the book to be nice?
@@rakshasreenivas6480 of course you can feel upset. but even just up until 20 years ago things that are racist now were always said and no one thought twice about it. these books were made over 100 years ago. so whats considered racist now was normal then. our generation is much more aware of these types of things and i dont think the author was a bad person. she was just being normal so to speak.
LOL. If that puts you off all of LMM's work, good luck. You know these stories were written in a different time right? Are you outraged too by Harry Potter's author cause of her homophobic stance? Or what about Alice in Wonderland's alleged pedophilic actions? It's hard to separate the author from their creations but for old works like this one, there's really no reason to be too dramatic over it. I simply just laugh it off. If you've read all the green gable series it's peppered with such thing and I just laugh it off. The way some characters are prejudiced about yankies or french. It's a reflection of the time. In the rainbow valley, Mary Vans even used the N word, saying she worked like a N-r. Not in an offensive way. Another word used was "yellow fellow" or something like that. Another questionable thing was when they chloroformed a cat or when they talk of drowning cats in the series. There are lots of norms that are misogynistic if we look at it in today's standard but is just normal in those days. Heck, it was even mentioned that the women then cannot vote. They were only allowed to vote on book 8, Rilla of Ingleside, when there was a war and the men were overseas, their wives voted for them. I think we need to appreciate these books for its entertainment and some glimpse of what it was like back then. That was why I love LMM's works. The norm then may be different from what we have now but it's entertaining in its own ways. Instead of saying you are put off, why not just be glad that we have made some progress from those times? Edit. By the way, did you know this book was published without her permission?
Thankyou; I am visually impaired. I had a digital player from Library of Congress that died and had to be sent in for repair. I was unable to read, "Talking Books," until I found this site.
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That story about Eunice and Christopher was beautiful. What an amazing sister.
Love this! FYI, half breed was not considered a derogatory term back when these books were written. Nowadays, it's much nicer than other words used. Really no different than white, black, Indian, Asian, etc. No term holds power to hurt you unless you let it.
gwtwmom2 wonder if you'd feel the same way if the term was used to describe you..
and what exactly do you mean "was not considered a derogatory term.." By whom? It depends on who you ask. Of course the ppl using it thought it was fine and dandy, same with many words we have come to see differently..
That term was used on me when I was little. It didn't hurt me then & wouldn't hurt me now if it's not meant to be insulting. Words are just words.
I think that there are no pure breed people, as in my case my father's ancestry includes: English, Dutch, and American Indian, and Mom's family has Scotch, Irish, English, German. So words like Mulligan Stew, and Half Bred are of little consequence to me, because I am a mix of all those who make up the past and built the foundation on which future generations will make the next arch in the circle of our Genealogy.
@@thescribe7645 whatever you say, half breed
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That last story was indeed hard to listen too. The worst story so far by LMM though I think the story it self is kinda beautiful from the perspective of Tannis but the language and the guy and his lover are terrible. In the story, Tannis isn't even the main character but sort of a secondary one. It was set up so Elinor is the main and Tannis was just mentioned for her self sacrificing deed. Jerome is a terrible human too.
If I have not known this was by LMM I would not have guessed it was by her though there are hints here and there that it was her. The language is just not her. I've read the Green Gable series up to this one, read Emily of New Moon and Emily Climbs and Kilmeny of the Orchard. None of them use such language as this one has. LLM used some mild questionable languages in her other works but they're pretty tame. This one goes all out. No wonder there was a lawsuit regarding this book. This was not published with with permission.
LMM uses the word Lithe a lot, though It's 'la-ith', not 'lith' as the reader pronounces.
Lithe is pronounced like lies only with a lisp.
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I'm sure her pretend beau wasn't such a terrible fib.:)
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THE way you read it . is going nowhere . i loved this book 50 years ago in Poland.uwielbiam ksiazki / ale chcialabym uslyszec je po Polsku
This reader is so hard to listen to. Wish Karen Savage would read it, that woman has talent.
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The cat's name is pronounced Fah-tee-mah, geesh.
WTF is with chapter 16? It has no proper ending; it just stops. It is also not very well written. Does anyone else suspect a friend of hers wrote it and she added it to the book to be nice?
Ugh that last racist story has put me off of LMM for life
this book was made a long time ago when saying these things were normal.
@@lucykim513 yeah but that doesn't mean it's not offensive. I'm still allowed to feel upset and frustrated.
@@rakshasreenivas6480 of course you can feel upset. but even just up until 20 years ago things that are racist now were always said and no one thought twice about it. these books were made over 100 years ago. so whats considered racist now was normal then. our generation is much more aware of these types of things and i dont think the author was a bad person. she was just being normal so to speak.
people getting offended by a children's book lol
LOL. If that puts you off all of LMM's work, good luck. You know these stories were written in a different time right? Are you outraged too by Harry Potter's author cause of her homophobic stance? Or what about Alice in Wonderland's alleged pedophilic actions?
It's hard to separate the author from their creations but for old works like this one, there's really no reason to be too dramatic over it.
I simply just laugh it off. If you've read all the green gable series it's peppered with such thing and I just laugh it off. The way some characters are prejudiced about yankies or french. It's a reflection of the time. In the rainbow valley, Mary Vans even used the N word, saying she worked like a N-r. Not in an offensive way. Another word used was "yellow fellow" or something like that. Another questionable thing was when they chloroformed a cat or when they talk of drowning cats in the series. There are lots of norms that are misogynistic if we look at it in today's standard but is just normal in those days. Heck, it was even mentioned that the women then cannot vote. They were only allowed to vote on book 8, Rilla of Ingleside, when there was a war and the men were overseas, their wives voted for them.
I think we need to appreciate these books for its entertainment and some glimpse of what it was like back then. That was why I love LMM's works. The norm then may be different from what we have now but it's entertaining in its own ways.
Instead of saying you are put off, why not just be glad that we have made some progress from those times?
Edit. By the way, did you know this book was published without her permission?
Of all her beautiful pieces I have to say I did not enjoy this selection at all. Some characters were so selfish and unbecoming.