![]() ![]() Of Shakespeare, she recognises and makes references to obscure poems,Īnd has passionate arguments about literary theory with her course Literature and is probably more widely read than the average lit Janet, the daughter of a literature professor, is majoring in English True to their original source, both stories end with Janet saving Tam/Thomas from being sacrificed to hell.Įnough, although Dean’s book has a more contemporary setting, 21stĬentury teen readers might find it less accessible than McNaughton’s. ![]() McNaughton’s version, Janet uses her condition to get her out of ![]() Required that Thomas’s rescuer be pregnant with his child. Original ballad point to their pairing, but Dean has created twoĬharacters that are obviously meant for one another.Įventually get together, Janet gets pregnant. This is quite frustrating for the reader as not only does the This version is set in 12th century Scotland, whereas Tam Lin (Puffinīooks, 480 pages, ISBN: 978-0142406526) by Pamela Dean transplants theĬharacters to a liberal arts college in 1970s America.īook, Janet and Thomas Lynn spend most of the story dating other It is then Janet who seduces a more-than-willing Tam. Janet and Tam meet several times before she realises that she is in ![]()
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