In a message dated 14/11/2004 04:02:21 GMT Standard Time, Pam writes:
>I've just finished watching UK terrestrial TV's premiere of 'Bridget Jones'
Diary' and noted the links between it and 'Pride & Prejudice' (didn't spot
the plot links on my first viewing at the cinema - doh!!). Anyway, given BJD
has a sequel ('Edge of Reason'), although P & P doesn't, I wondered when
book sequels & series first became common? I know the Bible & Shakespeare
have several, but I meant in modern (20th century) fiction - especially
children's stuff. Series feature largely in GO fiction - was there anything
much before Alcott / Montgomery / Oxenham series & Brazil's pairs?<
I can't help on girls' stuff generally, but as far as girls' school stories
are concerned, I think the prototype in that genre is Raymond Jacberns
(you're looking at late 19th/early 20th here): she - it was a pseudonym -
doesn't
have a series quite in the modern sense, where a set of girls are followed
through their school career, but she does follow up individuals and schools in
various books, and there is a definite sequence. If you're looking for pairs,
L.T.Meade is the earliest I've discovered so far: A World of Girls has a
sequel. There may well be earlier pairs/series, but I don't know of them, and
would be glad of any contributions here for the second edition of The Book
(GGBP are planning a paperback edition).
Sue
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