I could definitely tell that there were some moments where you were fighting the Shakespearean. ESPECIALLY THE WORDPLAY BECAUSE THE FIRST TIME I READ IT AS 'THOU'. XD
But it's lovely, I'll have you know, even if it's not totally in Dickens' style (truly, I think, far preferable to Dickens, for a man paid to write by the word says as little with as many words as possible, and in truth, I like yours better because Dickens, as much as he might have hated women and made them weak, still had them, and this is truly lamentable, for as we all know, Darnay and Carton would really have been much more likeable to us, if not to the majority, had they both been gay, and I think perhaps I shall cease with the Dickens impression in the hopes that your head will not yet have exploded. That was only one sentence, by the way).
By the way, you got Dickens' over-the-top motifs right. =)
Lovely work! I really liked it (much more than the original novel).
motifs were what again? Oh, I'm not sure. Light and shadow and fog and other such wonderful things. XD I wasn't so hot at Tale of Two Cities meself, you know.
(And may I join in the delighted squeeing over Tom Lehrer and Oedipus Rex? I brought that song in for my teacher freshman year and I think she was somewhat baffled. ^_^;;; )
<3 This is so much better than the actual book. I agree with the above commenter: Dickens in Shakespearean-ish style= love. Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you.
It was more arguing that Carton/Darnay could work at all, but yeah. Thanks for reminding me about it--I was gonna post it on lj, but totally spaced it out. *has been doing that a lot lately ><;*
>> And I don't know what Jewell thought ... she's not done grading them yet. Along with any of the 10 or so poems etc she's had us write since that essay. Because it's totally unreasonable to ask to get our old work back before being assigned a whole shitload of new stuff.
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But it's lovely, I'll have you know, even if it's not totally in Dickens' style (truly, I think, far preferable to Dickens, for a man paid to write by the word says as little with as many words as possible, and in truth, I like yours better because Dickens, as much as he might have hated women and made them weak, still had them, and this is truly lamentable, for as we all know, Darnay and Carton would really have been much more likeable to us, if not to the majority, had they both been gay, and I think perhaps I shall cease with the Dickens impression in the hopes that your head will not yet have exploded. That was only one sentence, by the way).
By the way, you got Dickens' over-the-top motifs right. =)
Lovely work! I really liked it (much more than the original novel).
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My head did explode, actually. I'll have to find a new one so I can finish writing this reply.
Ah, there we go. Anyway... the motifs were what again? >__< I totally didn't notice I had any.
Thank ye!
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Bustles!
motifs were what again?
Oh, I'm not sure. Light and shadow and fog and other such wonderful things. XD I wasn't so hot at Tale of Two Cities meself, you know.
(And may I join in the delighted squeeing over Tom Lehrer and Oedipus Rex? I brought that song in for my teacher freshman year and I think she was somewhat baffled. ^_^;;; )
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Yay, someone else liked it. :)
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It was more arguing that Carton/Darnay could work at all, but yeah. Thanks for reminding me about it--I was gonna post it on lj, but totally spaced it out. *has been doing that a lot lately ><;*
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Eek, go post it! I so want to read it! What did your teacher think??
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>> And I don't know what Jewell thought ... she's not done grading them yet. Along with any of the 10 or so poems etc she's had us write since that essay. Because it's totally unreasonable to ask to get our old work back before being assigned a whole shitload of new stuff.
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Eeee. Carton. Lovely. Darnay is wonderfull too.
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