SuitabookPiratica
Tanith Lee
- Reading
- Try the opening together if you are unsure about its comic treatment of danger; then check in about the language and swordplay before deciding whether to continue independently.
- Themes
- Self-invention and memory: Art acts on memories of a pirate past, while the crew she finds are actors and her mother was known for a pirate role. The contrast invites attention to how memory and performance shape Art’s sense of who she is.
- A girl claiming command: Art leaves a school where she practises deportment and takes command of a crew in pursuit of her mother's title. Her challenge to expectations of feminine conduct is part of the premise; the story’s wider view of those expectations is not clear.
- Worth knowing
- The adventure includes swordplay, a pistol-proof heroine, a battle and salty language. Their detail and intensity are not clear, so consider your reader’s response to comic peril and rough speech.