: When classic stories get reinvented, can they ever be a success? Five get reviewed #IndiaNEWS Enid Blyton’s children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree has enchanted loyal readers since its 1943

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When classic stories get reinvented, can they ever be a success? Five get reviewed #IndiaNEWS
Enid Blyton’s children’s classic The Magic Faraway Tree has enchanted loyal readers since its 1943 publication. Children longed to befriend Silky, to slide down the slippery slip, to explore distant lands and be home in time for tea.The news that Jacqueline Wilson is writing a new faraway tree story is welcome to many, if not to the Enid Blyton Society, who claim that new version will detract from Blyton’s originals.Wilson has been careful to emphasise that The Magic Faraway Tree: A New Adventure will be a continuation of the series rather than a rewrite, and she makes the point that Blyton, a shrewd businesswoman, would have welcomed the extra publicity. Her decision is a reminder that there is a tradition of continuation and prequel novels by new authors. Here are five reviewed.1. Wide Sargasso Sea, Jean Rhys (1966)Wide Sargasso Sea is a prequel to Charlotte Bronte’s classic Jane Eyre and is arguably the most accomplished continuation of a classic. It focuses on Mr Rochester’s first wife Bertha Mason, who he famously imprisoned in the attic, and who stands in the way of his happy ending with Jane.Frustrated by the stereotypical portrayal of Bertha in a novel which otherwise excels in its characterisation, Rhys uses her prequel to critique Victorian representations of women and mental illness. She gives the “madwoman in the...Read more

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