tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post8429299360929058300..comments2023-10-15T00:53:59.056-07:00Comments on Lorna Hill: The Trouble with GuyJanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05694767702547339712noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-70313835788938234302019-03-26T06:02:57.247-07:002019-03-26T06:02:57.247-07:00Hello - I am a BBC producer and am researching a p...Hello - I am a BBC producer and am researching a possible short film/documentary about Lorna Hill. I am keen to speak to those for whom the Lorna Hill books were a key part of their childhood reading - especially the Well's series. If you would be happy for me to contact you please do send me an email - chris.jackson@bbc.co.uk <br />Chris Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10569494620309545948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-86463410854058906122018-09-14T08:48:18.359-07:002018-09-14T08:48:18.359-07:00thank you for a very enjoyable article. I like Gu...thank you for a very enjoyable article. I like Guy, despite (or possibly because of) his bossiness. I am not bothered by him spanking Marjorie - frankly I think she had it coming. I have always thought that he ought to have married Marjorie rather an the insipid Jane - now that would have been an interesting marriage.louiseculmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02092144618449134125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-63064509953764613062015-08-11T04:08:03.352-07:002015-08-11T04:08:03.352-07:00Thank you so much for this, even if I am reading i...Thank you so much for this, even if I am reading it 6 years late! I've loved Guy ever since reading Jane Leaves The Wells - which was about 25 years before I discovered the Patience and Marjorie books, admittedly - and I always feel as if I'm the only one who does! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-64332788116941947822014-09-15T13:42:18.537-07:002014-09-15T13:42:18.537-07:00You know, it's funny... I read the "Castl...You know, it's funny... I read the "Castle" book as a child and very much enjoyed it, but even then I thought it bizarre the way the female characters were treated, and I found Guy unbearable. The part where Guy rescues Esme after she climbs up the castle walls and gets stuck, and then says something along the lines of "if I wasn't there, you would have done the same, Toby" was bizarre, even when I read it aged about 9. <br /><br />I used to go camping regularly as a child and authority was almost always meted out along age lines... the idea of the eldest as leader seemed natural to me as a child, but the idea that the second in command could be the timid, young Toby, simply because he was a boy, struck an odd chord. <br /><br />The beating of Marjorie was also so bizarre... it reminded me of those awful 1950s adverts where the husband beats his wife for not "taste testing" the coffee.<br /><br />I since found the first book and read it, not realising they were part of the same series... I only realised because I found this blog. But the bizarre attitude of someone who goes crazy when Marjorie performs a few tricks in a circus ring, and then performs himself, is intolerable.<br /><br />Well written, but a very odd series of books... and like the writer of this blog, I would have chosen to follow the female characters to adulthood in the sequels. As I read the "Castle" book first, the character I always associated with was actually Marjorie, whom I saw as bridling against unfair gender roles and restrictions (symbolised by Guy). Not so sure I would have sympathised so much if I had read the books in order, however. Nevertheless.. I do wonder what happened to her?Crazy Cat Ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01027490507239757990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-56476060950192795642013-05-16T09:40:57.041-07:002013-05-16T09:40:57.041-07:00I think I just read them as they were written with...I think I just read them as they were written without thought of 'correctness' after all, if you read a book about the unfairnesses in historic novels, you can't do anything about it.<br /><br />I have re-read Swan Feather and discovered that although Mariella married Robin in another book, in Swan Feather it is Ian she is married to? Are there any other inaccuracies?<br /><br />I love ALL these books and really want the only one I have not got - Dancer on Holiday but don't wish to spend £200 on it. I am wishing GGB will republish it.Campfirehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06573797205145907726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-58813198825047952182009-08-08T00:20:07.100-07:002009-08-08T00:20:07.100-07:00I liked this article very much much. Thank you - ...I liked this article very much much. Thank you - BUT - Guy is dreadful! How can you like him so much?<br /><br />Even as a child I was incensed by his treatment of the girls and returning to them as an adult I wondered what Lorna Hill was thinking about. Those beatings and threats of beatings were distasteful and bordered on the nasty. I remember one character kissing him after she'd been punished by him, and yes, Marjorie becoming 'better' after she'd received her chastisement at his hands! <br /><br />Wha was Guy up to surrounding himself with slightly younger girls that he could boss about, aided by a much weaker deputy male character whose main purpose seemed to be to parrot his beliefs about how girls should be treated?<br /><br />At a time when a disturbingly high percentage of teenage boys think it's all right to hit their girlfriends if they 'do something wrong' (just like Guy does) I'm not sure I like the idea of these books being reprinted.<br /><br />Just imagine Julian trying to mete out physical punishment to George!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8051715330393146804.post-63233333853009560982009-08-06T06:24:08.162-07:002009-08-06T06:24:08.162-07:00I enjoyed this lengthy article on Guy Charlton.Jen...I enjoyed this lengthy article on Guy Charlton.Jen points out that he 'beat' (actually, spanked) Marjorie in Castle in Northumbria.<br />I am wondering whether he did the same thing to any other young ladies in his later career - perhaps, in particular, his wife, Jane.<br />Can anyone help on this?<br />Thanks<br />Murray RobertsUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08967479719663236518noreply@blogger.com