Dickens novel, anyone?

[ellenkushner]

Thanks to the magic of s/pa/m [goddamit howcome I can't get just one word to cross out on this program?!] e-mail, you can now participate in your very own Dickens novel! I just received this e-mail from Mrs Sarah Paul, Benefactor, and was so taken with it that I thought I would spread the joy. As the text is identical to the one on Fraudwatchers.org, I'm just linking straight to that. Even the punctuation is the same.

I would like to shake the hand of the person who wrote this. Too bad they're probably on the lam.


(Hey, everybody - thanks for the great shorter SF/F Workshop recommendations! Keep 'em coming, please.)

Comments

[sistercoyote.livejournal.com]

What program are you using? If you want lj to strike something for you, type <strike> on one side of what you're striking out and </strike> on the other side and it should work.

Like this.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thanks! I'll try it.

[orbitalmechanic.livejournal.com]

That's beautifully Dickensian! I like it a lot.

[bookgirlwa.livejournal.com]

Wow. That's just... wow. I'm speechless.

[tazlet.livejournal.com]

That is totally charming -- I'm imagining someone in Nigeria with their great-grandfather's English Style book in one hand.

[ewein2412]

forget dickens. I wanna write "King of the Britons."

[ewein2412]

oh I SEE, she wants you to participate in the PLOT.

nevermind

[lynn-maudlin.livejournal.com]

ha! yes, exactly - the mysterious, hapless benefactor who somehow comes to a sadder but wiser state...

definitely points for style.

and Happy New Year, btw-- {grin}

[ewein2412]

yes, happy new year!