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On the other hand I found Wolf Hall and its sequels rather underwhelming, and failed to evoke a sense of the past. It's characters seemed to think as if they we
by billfruit 6y ago
On the other hand I found Wolf Hall and its sequels rather underwhelming, and failed to evoke a sense of the past. It's characters seemed to think as if they were living in today's world, and it is lacking in description and established of a firmly historical sounding background.
For example it makes no effort to give a sense of the vocabulary or pattern of speech of its time.
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- codeulike 6y agoA deliberate choice by the author, she writes about it here https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303459004577363870847167262 https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052702303459004577363... A writer must broker a compromise between then and now, and choose a plain style that can be adapted to different characters: not just to their ages and personalities and intelligence level, but to their place in life. I use modern English but shift it sideways a little, so that there are some unusual words, some Tudor rhythms, a suggestion of otherness