Yes, almost any book has to be taken in context. I dislike judging the past, even the recent past, by current standards because those standards have changed so much in my own lifetime it seems completely ridiculous to judge anything older.
I read the Tarzan books, or at least some of them, at school because my English teacher was very keen we actually read them rather than just watch the American cartoon version (remember that?) or the old films. I honestly can't remember anything at all about them except for the cover art, but I carry with me the knowledge that both cartoon and films were 'doing it wrong'. Much like Bond. And Sherlock Holmes before the Jeremy Brett versions. And almost any other film or television adaptation :D
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Date: 2017-07-26 05:29 pm (UTC)I read the Tarzan books, or at least some of them, at school because my English teacher was very keen we actually read them rather than just watch the American cartoon version (remember that?) or the old films. I honestly can't remember anything at all about them except for the cover art, but I carry with me the knowledge that both cartoon and films were 'doing it wrong'. Much like Bond. And Sherlock Holmes before the Jeremy Brett versions. And almost any other film or television adaptation :D