Challenge 8: Real and Inspired Entries
by Jenners • 01/01/2010 • Reading Challenges • 3 Comments
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Challenge 8: Real and Inspired
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Challenge Description: Many authors or books inspire others to pay homage to them by writing another book inspired by the original work. For this challenge, read both an original work and a book inspired by that original work. Write about both books in one post. Note: This might require some research on your part and requires reading two books so it worth 2 entries.
Examples: Christopher Moore’s Fool is based on Shakespeare’s play King Lear so I plan on reading both King Lear and Fool. Another example is Jane Austen, who inspired the book Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. For this challenge, you might read both Pride and Prejudice and the zombie version. (There are tons of other Austen-inspired books out there too.) Another idea would be a graphic novel version of a “standard” novel. The only real requirement is that the “inspired by” book must clearly state what original work inspired it.
original–The Goose Girl by the Brother's Grimm
inspired–The Goose Girl by Shannon Hale
I enjoyed this challenge
Yaay! That's me completed that small part of the challenge.
Real – The Catcher in the Rye
Inspired – The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Loved them both!
A real interesting pairing of books is Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys and Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte-the work of Rhys is a prequel to Jane Eyre focusing on the character of the first wife of Mr Rochester-
The Treatment of Mr Rochester in Jane Eyre and Wide Sargasso Sea