Librería Samer Atenea
Kálamo Books
Librería Elías (Asturias)
Librería Kolima (Madrid)
Librería Proteo (Málaga)
What if the characters who stood quietly at the edges of great literature finally had their chance to tell the story?In Unheard Voices 2: More Tales from the Margins of Literature, Susan Elkin returns to familiar novels, plays, poems and ancient texts, giving overlooked characters a voice of their own. From Biddy reflecting on Pip, Joe and the tangled events of Great Expectations, to Clara recalling how Heidi transformed her sheltered childhood, each tale reveals another side to a story we thought we knew.We meet Grete, whose brother Gregor’s extraordinary transformation changes her life for ever, and Robert Martin, who remembers how Emma Woodhouse almost destroyed his hopes of happiness with Harriet Smith. Maria looks back on the cruel prank played on Malvolio in Twelfth Night, while Tim reveals the tragic consequences of his jealousy in The Highwayman.Spanning love, loss, humour, prejudice, courage and regret, these thirteen stories step beyond literature’s central characters. They remind us that every great story has other witnesses, other perspectives and other voices waiting to be heard.
