[HPforGrownups] HP and Jane Austen

[Morag Traynor]

No: HPFGUIDX 17965

Dave Hardenbrook wrote:
>At 07:03 AM 4/30/01 +0000, Morag Traynor wrote:
> > >... although one wonders if she [Jane] would approve of JKR at all.
> >
> >I'm quite sure she does, and has placed an order with the celestial 
>delivery
> >service for books 5, 6 & 7 ;)!
>
>I agree.  More problematic is what Louisa May Alcott thinks
>of Harry Potter.  She seems a bit ambivalent about fantasy:
>In chapter 3 of _Little Men_ she likens fantasy to junk food,
>then in chapter 4 she describes _Arabian Nights_ as one
>of the "dear immortal stories that will delight children
>for centuries to come."
>
>Which is odd, since actually I think it's a bit easier to
>fit Louisa's characters into Harry Potter than Jane's,
>as I think I described in a past post, with Nat as Harry
>Dan as Ron, etc.

I don't know about LMA, but Jo, who is her non-stuffy alter ego, would 
probably love them :)  When I started this thread, I was hoping someone 
would have spotted any Austen references or influences *in the text*, 
(besides the ones I mentioned) interesting as it is to think of the 
characters of one book in terms of another.  Any takers?
>
>
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>                                                  -- Dave
>

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