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Quentin Blake , Roald Dahl. Lyrics, including "she was crying and crying for a girl who died so many years before" and "sometimes I'm dreaming where all the other people dance", help add to the dream-like rhythmic and melodic structures; recurring modal transitions, numerous harmonic suspensions and lamenting vocals create a feeling of inevitable drift into darkness. Live takes were included on the Concert and Paris albums.
The mood of B-side "Splintered in Her Head" is overall more disquieting, with metallic, distorted vocals and heavy percussion, foreshadowing the sound and feel of the band's next studio album, Pornography. This version is reproduced on the second disc of the deluxe reissue of the album Faith. The cover of the single is a distorted picture of Mary Poole, [2 ] Robert's then-girlfriend and to-be wife. The same picture was used again as the cover of The Cure's single " Pictures of You ", but with the picture clear and undistorted.
It features the character of Charlotte recreating scenes from the story in the presence of the band, while Smith mimes the words of the song. The video has been called "a major mistake" by biographer Jeff Apter, denouncing it as "ranking among the worst of the band's small-screen career".
Charlotte Sometimes is her most famous novel and even has a song based on it by The Cure. Charlotte Makepeace is sent to an English boarding school in When Charlotte as Clare is sent to board with a family in town, she becomes trapped in I never heard of Penelope Farmer prior to reading Charlotte Sometimes, but now I want to track down all her books and read them.
When Charlotte as Clare is sent to board with a family in town, she becomes trapped in World War I is an important part of the book. The first part of the video reminds me of the creepy front cover of the book. Feb 23, Andrew Barger rated it really liked it. Prepare yourself for bed Second sentence: She prepared herself for bed.
The light seems bright, And glares on white walls Book 2nd paragraph, 6th sentence: The light seemed to bright for them, glaring on white walls. All the sounds of Book 4th paragraph, 4th sentence: All the sounds about her. Charlotte sometimes Into the night with Charlotte sometimes Book 5th paragraph, 1st sentence: She must have slept at last.
Night after night she lay alone in bed Her eyes so open to the dark Part II, chapter 4, 1st sentence: Night after night, Charlotte lay in bed with her eyes open to the dark. The streets all looked so strange They seemed so far away But Charlotte did not cry Part II, chapter 4, paragraph 15, 1st sentence: The streets looked strange.
Chisel Brown. Good night, Miss Agnes Chisel Brown. Good night, cat. Good night, dog. She was crying and crying for a girl for a girl who had died more than 40 years before. Charlotte sometimes crying for herself Part III, chapter 7, paragraph 13, last sentence: She began crying bitterly, could not stop. Charlotte sometimes dreams a wall around herself Part III, chapter 7, paragraph 10, 1st sentence: She dreamed she stood below the picture, The Mark of the Beast, and there were soldiers all around her in red uniforms, stiff as toys but tall as men.
Glass sealed and pretty Part III, chapter 7, paragraph 15, 4th sentence: And when she looked at the wall at the picture glass, it looked quite empty, as if a mirror hung there, not a picture at all. View 1 comment. A wonderful and unusual time travel story. Another one that I missed as a child and was glad to find as an adult.
Therefore and indeed, I also do have to thus wonder if this feeling of not really knowing all that much about and not being given all that many narrational details about Charlotte Makepeace at the beginning of Charlotte Sometimes might have been avoided if I had in fact previously read The Summer Birds and Emma in Winter and if the first two series novels do give readers an introduction to Charlotte Makepeace that is kind of missing in Charlotte Sometimes as I do find Charlotte pretty scantily and uninterestingly depicted when Penelope Farmer first has her come to boarding school and even during her first time slip changes with Clare, that Charlotte Makepeace is present but not all that much being described in-depth, and that perhaps Penelope Farmer kind of until Charlotte is stranded in the past and Clare in the future rather assumes prior reading knowledge of in particular what Charlotte Makepeace is generally like and does not feel the need to expand on this all that much.
And I in fact do think I would as a tween or teenager have felt a bit lost and confused reading in particular the parts where Charlotte Makepeace is stranded in the past and unsure of who she actually is, since even reading Charlotte Sometimes as an older adult has personally speaking sometimes felt a bit befuddling and me having to stop and reconsider and wonder not to mention that practical me also does wonder why Emily and Charlotte, acting as Clare, would not have considered trying to get Charlotte into that special time slippage bed AFTER ALL danger from the influenza pandemic were over and done with, but of course I am likely approaching this with too much non internal to Charlotte Sometimes knowledge and of course with me also rather desiring a good and positive ending for Clare as well, and not to have her die of the influenza pandemic.
So in closing, my final impressions of Charlotte Sometimes are that I have definitely found Emily Moby a slightly more enjoyable and interesting character than Charlotte Makepeace and also of course Clare Moby , but that Charlotte definitely not only has continually grown on me throughout Charlotte Sometimes , and with her, with Charlotte in particular in parts two and three more and more both reminding me of myself and feeling increasingly personally approachable since as much as I do find Emily Moby interesting and fun as a character, I actually do find both Charlotte Makepeace and Clare Moby more akin and alike to me spiritually and emotionally with their tendency towards introversion and introspection and would find someone as generally extroverted as Emily Moby actually quite massively exhausting in the long run.
View all 6 comments. This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. To view it, click here. When she falls asleep in her new dormitory, in a strange bed with wheels, she awakens to find herself i 4.
When she falls asleep in her new dormitory, in a strange bed with wheels, she awakens to find herself in the autumn of , in the same dormitory, in the last months of WWI. She learns that she has traded places with someone called Clare Moby. As Clare and Charlotte sleep, they trade places, back and forth between the times.
They are ostensibly so alike that no one notices they are not the same person. Clare thinks of keeping a journal so they can communicate with one another. She also urges Charlotte to be kind to Clare's younger sister, Emily. But Emily is keenly observant, and soon realizes that the "Clare" who sometimes awakens in the bed is not her sister Clare.
Emily helps Charlotte make sense of the world in , and they form a strong bond when, after the school dorms are used to house influenza victims, the Moby girls are sent to stay with the Chisel-Browns. Chisel-Brown are coping poorly, and in diverse ways with the recent death of their son, who was killed on the front. Their spinster daughter Agnes, however, takes to Emily and Charlotte and helps make their time there more pleasant. Yet, being away from the dorm at the school means that Charlotte and Clare can no longer switch places.
Charlotte goes from being Charlotte sometimes to being Clare all the time. Will Charlotte ever get back to her own time, and to being herself? It is very difficult for me to write a review of this book. I loved so many things about it. It is written in such a thoughtful, engaging and lovely way. The prose is never too complex, but it does a fine job conveying a sense of atmosphere, era, and the essence of the characters. I especially appreciated Charlotte's introspective nature, her internal battle to remain Charlotte, to find courage, and to understand bravery.
And her external battle to keep Emily happy, to be kind and good, and to understand the world she found herself so strangely thrust into. I am not sure this is the sort of story that will appeal to many young readers these days, unfortunately. It is was, sadly, out of print but I understand it has recently been reprinted and I hope those readers, young and old, who seek a thoughtful and engaging story will seek it out.
I think it might appeal to fans of L. Montgomery, who enjoy introspective heroines and this era in history. I have not read the other books and do not feel my appreciation suffered in consequence. I think it could be read as a stand-alone. Those looking for other thoughtful time-travel stories about a girl transported to an earlier time of war might also like The Root Cellar Canadian girl, transported to the Civil War January selection with Girls' School Story Group View all 5 comments.
Shelves: what-s-the-name-of , vintage-children-s , it-s-just-a-fantasy , kid-lit , uk-au-nz , read-in , historiche. A quiet time-travel book. Thirteen-year-old Charlotte goes to bed in the oldest bed in her new boarding school in , Not the same story, but I do love Eleanor Bron and wakes up in the same bed in the school infirmary of with everyone calling her "Clare.
Because Farmer wrote the novel when WWI was still part of living memory, she comfortably A quiet time-travel book. As several other reviewers have said already, ten-year-old me would have loved it. Not as dramatic or sentimental as A Little Princess , which the author clearly admired. But Charlotte's not that kind of girl, anyway.
I enjoyed every single page. A story which plays the time-slip genre with great maturity. A story of a young girl finding her identity by losing it. The relationship between Charlotte and Emily was so intense. I'm really moved by the sense of change and loss. View all 3 comments. This is another book on the Kids Books list It is becoming harder and harder to actually FIND these books that are on the list and soon, I might have to give up for awhile unless I want to actually start purchasing these books.
Also, as I make my way through the last of the books I have found from the list that are available, I tend to like them less and less. That was not the case with this book I thought the story line was very interesting and I loved learning about each little girl a This is another book on the Kids Books list I thought the story line was very interesting and I loved learning about each little girl and her connections and what was going on in her life I would almost love it if something like that happened to me I think it would be really cool to go back in time and learn the truth about history Shelves: childrens-fantasy , school-stories , time-travel , wwi , childrens-fiction.
Would you know who you were yourself? If tomorrow they started to call her Vanessa or Janet or Elizabeth or Elizabeth, would she know how to be, how to feel, like Charlotte? Were you some particular person only because people recognized you as such? Just who is she, anyway? Or sometimes one or the other?
Although somewhat different in feeling, than the earlier two Aviary Hall books, whose strange, eldritch enchantment I found utterly absorbing, this time-slip fantasy is just as appealing, in its own way - its fantasy believable, not because of magical atmosphere or extraordinary character, but because of its matter-of-fact juxtaposition with reality.
I appreciated the depiction of WWI England, and the way - in stark contrast to some of the children's novels and school stories! I was engaged by Charlotte's struggle to remain herself, something made more difficult by her uncertainty as to just who that self was. Finally, I was reminded of my all-time favorite time-slip novel, Philippa Pearce's classic Tom's Midnight Garden , and was happily surprised and terribly moved by the differences in ending, with Clare's death, so soon after switching places, for the final time, with Charlotte; and the lack of meeting with the now grown-up Emily, whose communication with Charlotte is conducted through letter.
All in all, an outstanding children's novel, one I would recommend to all school story lovers, and fans of time-slip adventures. View all 10 comments. Time travel and boarding school - how can you beat it? My friend Ellen tells me that the Cure has a song called Charlotte Sometimes based on this book.
How very odd! Aug 17, Claudia G-D rated it it was amazing Shelves: novels. Charlotte has just started at boarding school. She goes to bed and wakes up and sees a different girl in the bed next to her.
The two girls manage together in moving to lodgings, coping with the swap of Charlotte and Clare and worki Charlotte has just started at boarding school. The two girls manage together in moving to lodgings, coping with the swap of Charlotte and Clare and working together to figure out how to get Clare back to her time and Charlotte back to hers.
The character of wilful Emily contrasts Charlotte, however it has been interesting to see how the characters have influenced each other and gaining a deeper understanding of Emily who comes across as tough and laughs things off, and takes the swap of her sister with Charlotte quite well throughout the story.
The final chapters reveal the feelings Emily had for Charlotte through the letter and gifts she sends as an adult to Charlotte to remind her of their time together when Charlotte was Clare. The only aspect of the book that I disliked was discovering that Clare died 4 days after her return, which I found to be quite upsetting and wished that Farmer had explored Emily and Clare reuniting after the final swap.
This book has so many possibilities for use in the classroom. It is so well written, characters and settings have been described by Farmer in such a way that paints a picture in the readers mind with the rich language.
The reader is really able to empathise with the characters and understand the struggle Charlotte has in keeping up with the time travel and living two lives at the start of the story as well as finding ways to reunite Emily with her sister and send Charlotte back to her time.
I think it would be good to explore with children the perspective of Clare in the story as this was not explored by the author. Children could also be taught about letter writing using the examples in the text as well as creating an alternative ending.
I think this story also has many opportunities for drama strategies to support writing as well as links to other subjects such as humanities. Overall I really enjoyed reading this book I thought it had a fantastic plot that was very well written and I hope to recommend it to others and use it within my classroom one day. Jan 09, La Coccinelle rated it really liked it Shelves: middle-grade , favorites. I've been itching to read this book for ages.
I'm so glad I finally got to it, because it was quite good! The time-travel theme has been done many times, of course, but I quite liked how it was done here. As far as I can tell, Charlotte and Clare physically travelled through time as opposed to just their consciousnesses travelling ; they must have looked very much alike for so few people to have noticed the difference.
But the story is not so much about the time travel itself as it is about iden I've been itching to read this book for ages. But the story is not so much about the time travel itself as it is about identity.
It's also an English boarding school story, which is bound to introduce a number of interesting characters and scenarios. There were a few things that I thought might be relevant that were never addressed again what was the deal with Elsie, for example? I did like most of the characters, but I especially liked Clare's younger sister, Emily.
She had such a big personality for a little girl; she was only ten, but in some ways she came across as more of an adventurous, rebellious teenager. The stuffy Chisel Browns were also pretty entertaining. The narrative is quite lovely -- even poetic -- in places, and I enjoyed reading every word. However, the EPUB edition that I had supposedly based on the 40th anniversary edition of the novel was abysmal. There were numerous typos and odd, random punctuation like errant periods or one half of a set of quotation marks just dangling in the middle of nowhere and I find it difficult to believe that such mistakes were actually included in the original The good thing about this edition, though, was that it included the original ending.
Apparently, someone in the s decided that the last bit shouldn't be included. All in all, I really enjoyed this one and I can see why it's considered a classic.
Funnily enough, it's the third book about the Makepeace sisters. However, you do not need to have read the first two books to enjoy the third and it's a good thing, too, since the others appear to be out of print. View all 4 comments. I came to this book somewhat late, having learnt of it only through my adoration of The Cure Robert Smith took inspiration from the book for three of his songs - 'Charlotte Sometimes', 'Splintered in her Head' and 'The Empty World'.
I now share at least one thing with Robert Smith in addition to my teen penchant for eyeliner ; we have both been haunted by this book for years. Two young girls make an improbable connection across time and space without ever actually meeting; this was hard-hitti I came to this book somewhat late, having learnt of it only through my adoration of The Cure Robert Smith took inspiration from the book for three of his songs - 'Charlotte Sometimes', 'Splintered in her Head' and 'The Empty World'.
Two young girls make an improbable connection across time and space without ever actually meeting; this was hard-hitting stuff for a children's book.
Told with the simplicity yet piercing perception that only a child's perspective can bring, this is incredibly poignant and much more complex than it might at first seem. I've selected this as one of 10 books that have influenced my life in some way.
Please check out my blog, Inky Squiggles , to see the others! Charlotte Sometimes is a wistful, fascinating blend of boarding school story and time travel fantasy. When Charlotte wakes up from her first night at boarding school, she finds that she has been magically transported back into the past, where everyone thinks she's a girl called Clare, attending the same school forty years earlier.
When she wakes up the next morning, she's back in her own time, but she soon realizes that she slips back and forth every night, spending every other day as Clare. Far Charlotte Sometimes is a wistful, fascinating blend of boarding school story and time travel fantasy. Farmer does a masterful job rendering Charlotte's sense of displacement and confusion, which increase with every switch, until she begins to doubt her own identity.
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