How are you with bigass unbelievably long and dense and gorgeously written novels? Cos that's Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell. I feel the need to warn you. It's a thousand pages in paperback form ... :p But god, it is fabulously written, way more Austen than Dickens, I realised. So fucking awesome.
Okay, I really need to be more freaked out at how the similarities tween us just keep comin'. I'm way too blase about them now ... *lol* ... liek "oh yeah, me too, cool."
So okay, most people get put off by the length but if you're cool with that, the only hurdle that might still stand is the language. Either way, I hope you have a go at it. *beams*
Well, it seems that if people aren't initially put off by the length of the book, they're then put off by her language.
Susanna's style seems to be most often described as Dickensian. But since I can't really remember what Dickens' prose is like, I'd have to say she's more Austen-liek. The same formal prose, lots of semicolons, use of archaic words like "shewed" instead of "showed", the same very ironic sly humour but god, she's so fucking awesome cos she brings into that the gorgeous lyrical romanticism of Charlotte Bronte so it's like you get the best of both, y'know? And that just blows my mind. I love that so much.
Also she uses a fuckload of footnotes and that combined with everything else can put people off. People seem to either love or hate that. Depending on their geek factor, I suspect.
*is big geek*
Liek, y'know, the entire Basque sailor story I posted? Is in one footnote. Her longest footnote goes over three pages, it's brilliant, I love it! *roflmao*
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How are you with bigass unbelievably long and dense and gorgeously written novels? Cos that's Jonathan Strange And Mr Norrell. I feel the need to warn you. It's a thousand pages in paperback form ... :p But god, it is fabulously written, way more Austen than Dickens, I realised. So fucking awesome.
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So okay, most people get put off by the length but if you're cool with that, the only hurdle that might still stand is the language. Either way, I hope you have a go at it. *beams*
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Susanna's style seems to be most often described as Dickensian. But since I can't really remember what Dickens' prose is like, I'd have to say she's more Austen-liek. The same formal prose, lots of semicolons, use of archaic words like "shewed" instead of "showed", the same very ironic sly humour but god, she's so fucking awesome cos she brings into that the gorgeous lyrical romanticism of Charlotte Bronte so it's like you get the best of both, y'know? And that just blows my mind. I love that so much.
Also she uses a fuckload of footnotes and that combined with everything else can put people off. People seem to either love or hate that. Depending on their geek factor, I suspect.
*is big geek*
Liek, y'know, the entire Basque sailor story I posted? Is in one footnote. Her longest footnote goes over three pages, it's brilliant, I love it! *roflmao*
So there y'go. :p
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Also, will you please STOP with the Ewan iconage! *claws face* Did we not have this talk about the Ewan iconage? Are you TRYING to torture me!
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