Odd Things to do to Literature
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gnomiOver the weekend following New Year's, I had something pop into my brain that I can't shake. It's the idea of rewriting the beginning of classic novels in the style of other classic novels. I'm probably not unique in this concept, I know. But there you have it.
The one lodged in my brain? "The Wicked Witch of the East was dead to begin with."
Anyone else want to play?
The one lodged in my brain? "The Wicked Witch of the East was dead to begin with."
Anyone else want to play?
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Date: 2009-01-12 08:11 pm (UTC)3 May. St. Antoine -- Left London at 8:35 P.M., on 1st May, arriving at
Dover early next morning; should have arrived at 6:46, but train was
an hour late. Dover seems a wonderful place, from the glimpse
which I got of it from the train and the little I could walk through
the streets. I feared to go very far from the station, as we had
arrived late and would start as near the correct time as possible.
Informed L. Manette in Dover of her father's continued survival
and incarceration in Bastille.
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Date: 2009-01-12 09:29 pm (UTC)The irony is that the main character is writing his thesis on 19th century literature.
David Lodge is a brilliant and fun author, very witty and cunning.
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