The Snow: versions
See also: The Snow Beyond the Wall • The Snow: synopsis • The Snow: timeline • Laira Greenbank
There are three version of The Snow Beyond the Wall:
- Full version with chapters on the Maddisons' lives at Elisal
- Shorter version for publication.
- Adult version with extra text.
This page shows some of the extra text in the full and adult versions, missing from the publication version.
Full version
[edit]Chapters at Elisal
[edit]Adult version
[edit]Luke's sexual perversions
[edit]- The adult version reveals Luke's sexual fantasies. He had been spanked by his mother when young and tried this out on his sisters. When he was stopped, he turned to fantasies of spanking them.
- When he punishes Emily after disturbing them in their homework, he spanks her rather than just giving her a slap.
- He also has a fascination with Emily's panties, lingering on them and dreaming of pulling them down.
- He also has a sexual interest in his sister Susan. He enjoys looking at her body and dreaming of touching her, such as when they are hiding from the soldiers.
Meg's ordeals
[edit]In the adult version, Meg's treatment under capture are more intense. She is touched up more often by soldiers, and beaten naked during the interrogation. In the pillory at Sometria, Farago assaults her.
Luke and Nena
[edit]On Shell Island, Nena offers herself to Luke who accepts.
Susan
[edit]Susan's seduction of the porter in Rocosa is more sexual.