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April Showers Prompt #3: Visitation

Apr 12, 2011 22:10

Title: Visitation
Author: litlover12
Prompt: #3 (Fever)
Fandom: Little Dorrit
Character(s)/Pairing(s): Arthur, a stranger
Genre: Drama
Rating & Warnings: PG; very spoilerish. (If you don't know the story, you won't know what on earth is going on; hopefully, if you do, you can figure it out!) The first four sentences are Dickens's; the rest are mine.
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fandom: little dorrit, april showers: prompt 3, author: litlover12

Comments 6

goldvermilion87 April 13 2011, 02:26:01 UTC

I had to read that twice (because I got Little Dorrit's little woman stuck in my head...)

But WOW! Really great idea, and wonderful execution. It really fits in with Dickens's style at that point in the story, I think.

Brava!

litlover12 April 13 2011, 12:27:28 UTC

Thank you so much! I know it's confusing, especially since the figure at the door in Dickens's version WAS Amy. I just turned her into . . . someone else. :-) I'm glad it wasn't too confusing to figure out!

goldvermilion87 April 13 2011, 13:10:00 UTC

Also

CONGRATULATIONS, YOU'VE OFFICIALLY WRITTEN LITTLE DORRIT AU.

:-)

(Bet you never thought you'd hear that!)

litlover12 April 13 2011, 16:29:18 UTC

Heh, I guess I have. :-) Though I would still have Amy coming in afterward!

mrstater April 13 2011, 03:13:52 UTC

This reads like it came straight out of Dickens! What a perfect moment for the fever prompt!

litlover12 April 13 2011, 12:35:54 UTC

I'm so honored and humbled that you think so! Thank you!

I had a bit of help from a friend who wrote a "How to Write Like Dickens" tutorial. :-) Usually in fanfics, I don't even try to imitate the style of the original writer, because it's so difficult to do. But since I was starting this one with some of Dickens's own sentences, I felt I should try to do it this time!