6 Most Famous Books You Must Read With Different Endings
Dear readers! Our curiosity prompted us to look into some of the most fascinating cases of alternate endings in fiction… and that meant we had to go deep. Below are the most famous books in the world.
1. Matilda by Roald Dahl
The ending you know: Matilda lives happily ever after! On the run from the police, her parents hastily agree that Matilda should live with Miss Honey, her sweet and nurturing kindergarten teacher.
The ending that might have been: Matilda dies. To be fair, the Matilda of this earlier draft was far less charming—she was a wild child fond of mean-spirited pranks. But still, did she deserve to die? Thankfully, Dahl had a change of heart and delivered us the feel-good ending we know today.
2. Great Expectations by Charles Dickens
The ending you know: Pip reunites with the widowed Estella, his first love, and believes they will never part again—or, in his words, "I saw no shadow of another parting from her."
The ending that might have been: In his first draft, Dickens ended his novel with Pip and a remarried Estella meeting, shaking hands, and parting ways with no real hope of a future together. Dickens' friend Edward Buller-Lytton complained this ending was too depressing and that no one would enjoy reading it.
3. A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway
The ending you know: …is bleak. Frederic's lover dies in childbirth, prompting these dismal final lines: "It was like saying goodbye to a statue. After a while I went out and left the hospital and walked back to the hotel in the rain."
The ending that might have been: Hemingway wrote over forty different endings to his novel. Perhaps the biggest departure is this almost upbeat variation: "When I woke the sun was coming in the open window and I smelled the spring morning after the rain and saw the sun on the trees in the courtyard and for that moment it was all the way it had been."
4. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
The ending you know: The climactic Battle of Hogwarts ends Voldemort's reign, but claims the lives of Lupin, Tonks, Snape, Fred Weasley, and many more.
The ending that might have been: Rowling has teased numerous potential endings to her beloved series (possibly including this strange version that has Voldemort surviving as a "living" statue). In one alternate ending, Lupin and Tonks don't die. Rowling originally planned on killing off Arthur Weasley in the fifth book, but when she spared his life, Lupin and Tonks took his place—albeit two books later.
5. The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
The ending you know: Augustus' cancer returns. He dies soon after, leaving Hazel his own sequel to Peter Van Houten's An Imperial Affliction.
The ending that might have been: Brace yourself because even Green admits this alternate ending is "epically terrible." After Augustus dies, the author originally had Hazel and Van Houten team up to kill a drug lord…as a way of honoring Augustus. As if that's not enough, Green also admitted he has another draft where his tearjerker love story ended with Van Houten tying someone to railroad tracks as an exploration of "The Trolley Dilemma," a famous philosophical thought experiment.
6. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
The ending you know: The tapes Hannah left behind before committing suicide prompt Clay to reach out to a struggling classmate.
The ending that might have been: In the book's 10th anniversary edition, Asher revealed he originally had Hannah survive. This second chance ending for Hannah was scrapped when Asher realized he had a duty to his readers. "With suicide there are no second chances," he told Penguin Teen. "But readers are shown that people can change for the better, even after a tragedy, and that was very important to me."
Have you ever imagine alternate endings for the books you read? Share with us your best "endings that might have been" in the comments.
SOURCE: goodreads
SOURCE: goodreads
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