Julie2owlsdene wrote:I also think that these days, many people want to go on a visit to various locations, that they have read in books, such as The Lone Pine books, which are true locations, and they are reading Blyton's books, such as Kirrin and the island etc, and wondering where that is, and can we go and see it. Many people visit Port Isaac down here in Cornwall, the home of Doc Martin - Port Wenn, totally ficticious of course, but Port Isaac is a real place. And that is probably what Enid's fans are doing trying to find out where Kirrin Island is and the castle, and reading many theories that are incorrect.
I think the reader likes to visualize the places they read about in their own minds, and there is no harm in that at all. For me, when I read a F.F. book I think of Kirrin as Marizion in Cornwall, and Kirrin Island and Castle is Mounts Bay sitting proudly in the bay. I know it's not the location, but that is where it is in my mind, and there is no harm in that, as it brings Kirrin more to life in a way.
Hi Julie, I'm one of these people who love to combine their vacation trips with searching for book or movie locations. The
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Since 1981 (I visited Lindisfarne/Holy Island where "Cul-de-sac" by Polanski has been filmed, it must have been one of the first movie locations) I went to more than 100 movie and book settings. And sometimes I was rewarded with discovering unexpected lovely views along the way.
However, the most beautiful movie locations were in Dorset when we found Lulworth Cove, Durdle Door and one other spot where the FF land with their rowing boat in the 1957 CFF movie FOATI.
I've been to Marazion once (the TV movie with Joanna Lumley & Peter O'Toole based on Rosamunde Pilcher in 1995 has been filmed in Marazion with a view of St. Michael's Mount, that was towards the end in "Nancherrow").
BTW I walked over to St. Michael's Mount at low tide and later took the boat back to Marazion. I was so happy when I discovered one postcard with an aerial view of the coastline and St. Michael's Mount at high tide. The foot path from Marazion towards the island was still visible under water. I found that quite exciting.
I also spent a day in St. Ives, Cornwall, Pilcher's model for Porthkerris which is the location of several of her novels. I fell in love with St. Ives and would enjoy coming back one day.
Daphne DuMaurier used lots of real places in her novels:
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I once read that for DuMaurier the locations, old houses or castles as in "Frenchman's Creek" were the more important aspect than her characters.