Those famous books that have been rejected because of strange problems

"I am afraid that the only person who really praises this author is himself, and none of the things he has written is a high-level literary work."

"Strangely, the rhymes of these poems are all wrong."

"My old swan! I can't publish this novel, or we'll have to meet in prison!" ”

Guess who these three book reviews were written to?

The correct answers are published below: Max Billbohm, Emily Dickinson, and William Faulkner.

Not only that, but even great writers like Jane Austen and Hemingway have received fiercely dismissive letters. But it was the gold that always shone, or Wöhler noticed them and made them published and displayed in front of the world.

“1

"Nosang Kyaw Temple"

“...... If you ask us to buy this manuscript, we would rather return it for the same price— just to discourage that idea. ”

Although the Temple of Northanger was only published after the death of Jane Austen, it was actually written between 1798 and 1799.

Catherine, who is obsessed with Gothic horror novels, often mixes the two or three dimensions together, making herself nervous all day.

After a cocktail party, she fell in love with the handsome and handsome rich second generation Henry at first sight, Henry's father, Admiral Tierney, invited her to visit her home, and after arriving at the deep, ancient house of Nosan Kyaw Temple, Catherine began her fantasy again-

She portrays Admiral Tierney as his wife's killer and stages a ridiculous adventure. But in the end, love triumphed over everything.

It's the only work in Jane Austen's novels that has a gothic twist, but the publisher hasn't read her ingenious arrangement full of irony and humor.

2 Notes on Sights and Heards

“...... I don't know how much it would benefit us to publish your masterpiece, and if I didn't, I really couldn't have made publishing this book a great pleasure. ”

In addition to his status as a writer, the author Washington Owen was a diplomat who traveled to France, Germany, Britain, Spain and other European countries.

Beginning in 1815, Owen spent 17 years in Europe, during which time he collected folklore and then composed stories that mixed irony and imagination, fact and fiction, and the Notes of Seeing and Hearing was born.

One of the most well-known stories in The Notes on Seeing and Hearing is The Legend of Sleepy Valley, which, along with Uncle Lee's Dream, is known as the indiscriminate pursuit of the American short story.

“3

"The Earth"

“...... Unfortunately, the American public has no interest in anything about China. ”

It turns out that neither the publisher nor the Americans have a very good eye. "The Earth" and "Sons" and "Split Family" constitute a trilogy,

The work won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1932 and the Nobel Prize in Literature six years later, and was the first Novel to win a Nobel Prize for Writing in China.

The book tells the story of the poor farmer Wang Long, after marrying the landlord's servant Alan, the two people supported each other and worked together, ushering in a bumper harvest of land.

However, the good times did not last long, and the natural disaster suddenly struck, Wang Long fled south with his family, and in the chaos accidentally obtained the silver two of the large families that were robbed by thieves.

He used his windfall wealth to revive his homeland and gradually became the rich man in the village. Wang Long, who had become rich in life, began to live a life of profligacy and drunkenness...

“4

"Unbearable Childhood"

“...... I'm sorry, but at this point I had to do a big thing, the long name of this novel looks a bit mysterious, but the content is like those cumbersome and lengthy diplomatic rhetoric, which is really terrible. ”

This rejection letter was written by himself, and this work has not been published until now.

Dickens was very good at writing about childhood, and many of his works fully demonstrated the inhuman treatment of children in British industrial society.

Dickens worked as a child laborer in a shoe polish factory when he was young, and his father was thrown into debtors' prison because of his debts, and his childhood encounters were later written into novels by him, such as "The Young Master Returns Home" and "Lone Star Blood and Tears" are all portrayals of his childhood.

“5

"The Study of Blood Words"

“...... To serialize it is too short; to publish it once, it is too long. ”

Even the editor can't help but complain, what is this strange reason? I almost can't see The Great Detective Sherlock Holmes!

In this novel, Holmes meets the author's avatar Watson for the first time and becomes a roommate, and the two are commissioned by detectives at Scotland Police Station to investigate a mysterious bloody case...

I won't say anything about the latter, so as not to spoil. But such a classic work, there will be no one who has not seen it, right?

“6

Isabel of Bavaria

“...... To keep theatrical style, my dear partner, you should know that you are a playwright from beginning to end. ”

The editor of this book did not find any translation in China, and turned over the information to find that Dumas dared to write it.

Isabel in the title is the daughter of the Duke of Bavaria and the wife of King Charles VI of France.

According to historical records, Charles VI suffered from mental illness, so Empress Isabel often acted as regent. Dumas is a story based on the historical events of this period.

“7

Earthly Paradise

“...... In the end, the story seems to have no ending, neither the protagonist's life course nor his personality has been developed to a stage that can be used as an ending... All in all, the story didn't develop to its highest point. ”

To put it simply, it is to say that the story is too peaceful.

This book is Fitzgerald's first novel, which tells the story of the protagonist Emory, who is from an aristocratic family in the United States, and at first, like all young people, he is full of fantasies about the future, and wants to make a big dream for himself, be a big man, and marry a beautiful girl.

However, under the influence of his family, he re-examined life with the arrogant eyes of the aristocratic class, and eventually became a drunken fan all day long, resulting in a series of unfortunate events.

“8

The Source of Solitude

“...... We thought the novel would be seen as a 'propaganda brochure' and that the publisher that published it would attract serious criticism — unfair to it, but it would do serious harm. ”

The novel was criticized as such because it was an autobiographical novel of the early 20th century with lesbian love themes.

The book contains many of Hall's own encounters, such as his ambiguity with the maid of the family and his love of the powerful sport of horseback riding.

The protagonists of the book are Stephen, a girl with a male name, and her lover Mary, mainly about the process of their love affair and the impact that occurred after Martin intervened.

After the book was published in 1928, the British government listed it as a banned book under the Indecent Defamation Act.

“9

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles"

“...... It's inappropriate to write it so explicitly. ”

It's a succinct reason to dismiss the manuscript.

"Tess of the D'Urbervilles" mainly tells the tragic experiences of Tess's life. Tess, a country girl, was introduced to a distant relative's house as a maid, but she did not expect to be forced by her cousin Alec to become pregnant, and the child died as soon as she was born.

Later, she fell in love with Anchir and told her husband what had happened to her on the wedding night, but his husband felt unacceptable and left her.

In desperation, Tess returns to Alec's side, but because of the lingering nightmare, she eventually kills Alec and goes to the gallows.

Although Tess's life was a tragedy, she gained eternal sympathy from the world.

10 Spring Tide

“...... If we had published this novel, others would have described our publisher as 'in poor taste'. ”

The novel, which Hemingway completed in ten days, was rejected not because speed affected quality, but because the novel was written to mock Sherwood Anderson, and it can be seen from the lines that he deliberately imitated Evil Laughter.

And the original serious theme has been changed to a very happy theme (don't you know your culture very well, mock people directly publish books).

Set in Michigan, Spring Tide tells the stories of two very different men. Scripps meets the waitress of the restaurant, the two fall in love at first sight, lightning married, but after marriage, they fall in love with the new waitress;

Yoga, on the other hand, has no interest in women until she meets an Indian girl... The book's publication eventually led to Hemingway's severance with Anderson.