# Books where you'd like to get the story from another character's point of view **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796 "2007-09-28T12:25:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 12:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/1 "2007-09-28T12:25:10Z")
_Rosemary’s Baby_ is told from Rosemary’s point of view. I’d love to get the story from as her husband _Guy_ would tell it. How was he convinced to sell his wife’s body to a buch of devil worshippers and keep her in the dark? Was he so set on becoming a star that he would scarifice anything and anyone to do it? I’d also like to read _The Stepford Wives_ from Joanna’s husband’s Walter’s point of view. How was he convinced to replace his wife with an android, and what was going on behind the scenes? ---
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/2 "2007-09-28T13:22:40Z")
I’d like _The Painted Veil_ from the husband’s perspective - what he’s thinking is pretty clear until they get up the river, and then what? Does he want her back? Does he still love her? What did he _mean_ when he said that at the end? He’s such an interesting character to me and you don’t know a thing about him because she doesn’t and she doesn’t even realize it until the end. _We Have Always Lived in the Castle_ would be interesting from the other sister’s point of view, knowing what she knows throughout. Re: the OP, might want to put “spoilers” in the title or box them. I guess everybody knows the essential plot of _Rosemary’s Baby_ and _The Stepford Wives_, but you never know. ---
**Author:** ![Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b782af/32.png) [@Clockwork\_And\_Candy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clockwork_And_Candy)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/3 "2007-09-28T13:28:11Z")
_Jane Eyre_ told from Bertha Rochester’s POV. I’ve always thought she was the most interesting character in the story. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/4 "2007-09-28T13:31:31Z")
DRACULA- Renfield’s POV ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/5 "2007-09-28T13:44:23Z")
> [@](#): > > DRACULA- Renfield’s POV I don’t think I could stand a whole book of “Master says…” “Master is coming!” “Master hurts us!” It would be like reading _Lord of the Rings_ from Gollum’s POV. An interesting book is Fred Saberhagen’s **The Dracula Tapes** , which tells Dracula from _Dracula’s_ point of view. And a great _spinmeister_ he is. ---
**Author:** ![Fretful\_Porpentine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fretful_porpentine/32/2873_2.png) [@Fretful\_Porpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fretful_Porpentine)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 1:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/6 "2007-09-28T13:50:30Z")
[QUOTE=Clockwork And Candy] _Jane Eyre_ told from Bertha Rochester’s POV. I’ve always thought she was the most interesting character in the story. [/QUOTE] [It’s been done](http://www.amazon.com/Wide-Sargasso-Sea-Paperback-Fiction/dp/0393308804). ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/7 "2007-09-28T17:55:25Z")
_Moby Dick_ as told by Ahab. The last chapter would have to be an epilogue by Ishmael. Or maybe as told by the whale. Hmmm. - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn\* as told by Jim _To Kill a Mockingbird_ as told by “Boo” Radley. How about {i]Hamlet\* as told by a couple minor characters like, say, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern? What? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![John\_Mace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_mace/32/185_2.png) [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/8 "2007-09-28T17:55:55Z")
I’d like to see \*Hamlet \*from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s perspective. ---
**Author:** ![Ronald\_C.Semone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/cc9497/32.png) [@Ronald\_C.Semone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ronald_C.Semone)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 6:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/9 "2007-09-28T18:00:32Z")
The Old Testament as told by Satan. The New Testament as told by Pontius Pilate. The Warren Commission Report as told by Lee Harvey Oswald. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 6:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/10 "2007-09-28T18:03:42Z")
How about **Hamlet** from the point of view of Hamlet’s father? “That IDIOT! Why the hell can’t he just make up his MIND??!” “I should’ve appeared to Ophelia!” ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/11 "2007-09-28T18:05:01Z")
I like the OP’s suggestion. Maybe the Great Gatsby from a more objective person. Nick seems to really romanticize Gatsby. The only problem would be that it seems like everyone has their own agenda. Everyone’s going to project something upon him. It doesn’t seem like there is necessarily one objective truth. Good topic! ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 6:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/12 "2007-09-28T18:06:14Z")
[QUOTE=John Mace] I’d like to see \*Hamlet \*from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern’s perspective. [/QUOTE] Not sure if that was a joke, but there is a [play](http://books.google.com/books?id=RC6JJmB_JEcC&dq=&pg=PP1&ots=qRiAVT7Ejg&sig=Hyk5gkgIzZghYuslN4JEWenTAnc&prev=http://www.google.com/search%3Fhl%3Den%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DX%26oi%3Dspell%26resnum%3D0%26ct%3Dresult%26cd%3D1%26q%3Drosencrantz%2Band%2Bguildenstern%2Bare%2Bdead%26spell%3D1&sa=X&oi=print&ct=title#PPP1,M1) and a [movie](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100519/) that do exactly that. Tom Stoppard wrote the play, and then directed the movie, both of which are really wonderful experiences. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/13 "2007-09-28T19:21:53Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I don’t think I could stand a whole book of “Master says…” “Master is coming!” “Master hurts us!” It would be like reading _Lord of the Rings_ from Gollum’s POV. [/QUOTE] However, I would kill to read **The Witch King Diaries**. ---
**Author:** ![Lemur866](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lemur866/32/434_2.png) [@Lemur866](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lemur866)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/14 "2007-09-28T19:30:44Z")
Another real life example of this sort of book is “Wicked”, from the POV of the Wicked Witch of the West. ---
**Author:** ![OneCentStamp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/13edae/32.png) [@OneCentStamp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OneCentStamp)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/15 "2007-09-28T19:32:41Z")
[QUOTE=CalMeacham] I don’t think I could stand a whole book of “Master says…” “Master is coming!” “Master hurts us!” It would be like reading _Lord of the Rings_ from Gollum’s POV. [/QUOTE] Or the _Harry Potter_ books from Dobby’s perspective. _urk_ 😛 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/16 "2007-09-28T19:49:52Z")
How about _Ender’s Game_ from Bean’s perspective? –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/17 "2007-09-28T19:53:37Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingCowOfDoom] How about _Ender’s Game_ from Bean’s perspective? –FCOD [/QUOTE] Is this a whoosh? Check out [Ender’s Shadow.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ender's_Shadow) ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/18 "2007-09-28T19:55:47Z")
Hey, erie774 and eonwe… Did you know gullible isn’t in the dictionary? Seriously! Go look it up! –FCOD ---
**Author:** ![Slypork](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9fc29f/32.png) [@Slypork](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slypork)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/19 "2007-09-28T20:07:41Z")
[QUOTE=FlyingCowOfDoom] Hey, erie774 and eonwe… Did you know gullible isn’t in the dictionary? Seriously! Go look it up! –FCOD [/QUOTE] Hey, **FCOD** , some people say things and they sound so convincing that folks accept it. I remember some politician a few years ago going on and on about weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and how we had to invade the country to take them out. Lots of people believed that. I wonder what happened? Seriously, though, **Clockwork And Candy** was not aware of an alternative version of _Jane Eyre_ so it was possible that you might not have been aware of your alternative version. It’s hard to hear the sarcasm without a smirk. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![FlyingCowOfDoom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/flyingcowofdoom/32/21776_2.png) [@FlyingCowOfDoom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FlyingCowOfDoom)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2007, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796/20 "2007-09-28T20:10:29Z")
Ooooh! Touuuuchhyyy! 😛 –FCOD [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/books-where-youd-like-to-get-the-story-from-another-characters-point-of-view/420796.md?page=2)