# Alert: The Blue Castle/The Ladies of Missalonghi Disscussion Thread to start 5/1 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [April 7, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-the-blue-castle-the-ladies-of-missalonghi-disscussion-thread-to-start-5-1/444263 "2008-04-07T02:14:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2008, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-the-blue-castle-the-ladies-of-missalonghi-disscussion-thread-to-start-5-1/444263/1 "2008-04-07T02:14:32Z")
In [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=461782&page=1) thread, the discussion turned to commentary on the two novels The Blue Castle (by L.M. Montgomery) and The Ladies of Missalonghi (by Colleen McCullough). The plots and certain other details of these books bear a remarkable similarity, and there is some thought that McCullough might have plaigerized Montgomery’s work. A few of us in the thread have now read both books, and were interested in starting a discussion comparing the two, but some others need some time to read one or both of the books before starting. So, I volunteered to start the discussion thread on May 1st. I thought it would be a good idea to give fair warning to any other Dopers who may be interested in participating. The books are relatively short/fast reads, and should probably be available in most local libraries. If your library doesn’t have The Blue Castle (it may be in the Young Adults section), [here](http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks02/0200951h.html) is a free online Project Gutenberg e-book (thanks to OtakuLoki for finding it!) The version linked to is HTML, but it is also available in .txt format. Happy reading! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sarahfeena](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sarahfeena/32/519_2.png) [@Sarahfeena](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sarahfeena)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-the-blue-castle-the-ladies-of-missalonghi-disscussion-thread-to-start-5-1/444263/2 "2008-04-08T16:06:51Z")
I’m going to bump this one time, just to see if I catch anyone who might be interested… ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 4:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-the-blue-castle-the-ladies-of-missalonghi-disscussion-thread-to-start-5-1/444263/3 "2008-04-08T16:25:05Z")
I may join. Depends if my library has the books. StG ---
**Author:** ![SkeptiJess](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ea666f/32.png) [@SkeptiJess](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SkeptiJess)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2008, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-the-blue-castle-the-ladies-of-missalonghi-disscussion-thread-to-start-5-1/444263/4 "2008-04-08T17:46:14Z")
I’ll be there. I can’t find my copy of _Ladies_, but I’ll track one down before the 1rst, so I can do a more careful comparision. Looking forward to it. ---
**Author:** ![dangermom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e274bd/32.png) [@dangermom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dangermom)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2008, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alert-the-blue-castle-the-ladies-of-missalonghi-disscussion-thread-to-start-5-1/444263/5 "2008-04-30T14:38:33Z")
Dagnabbit, I really want to be in on this, and I’m going to be out of town without a computer for the next few days. So don’t rip it _completely_ to shreds until I get back, huh? :smack: