Reborn + literary plagiarism + wish fulfillment
London, the “City of Fog,” in 1842. Arthur, a university student so broke he cannot afford even half a loaf of black bread, is displaced by a mysterious soul from an ancient Eastern country, two hundred years in the future.
His mind is crammed with masterpieces that will astound the world more than a century later!
Dickens, the Brontes, and a host of literary giants who have yet to put pen to paper: their future world-famous classics and brilliant lines are all perfectly preserved in his mind.
So Arthur copies them down, gives them new titles, and submits them under his own name.
Things soon spiral out of control! His manuscript becomes an instant sensation as soon as it is submitted. Gentlemen and ladies across the city cannot put their copies down, newspaper editors come knocking to compete for his work, and everyone praises Arthur as a prodigy and a rising star of the literary world.
Meanwhile, the native writers who should have been making their mark are still none the wiser, racking their brains for inspiration.
Years later, facing the British literary world, Arthur Penhaligon says: “To be honest, if I’d had a better option back then, I never would have taken this one-way road into writing...”
To be honest, I thought of it as a time-travel novel at first, until his writing became a bit similar to "Jude the Obscure". I don't know if the author himself has ever read this type of book about the working people at the bottom of foreign countries, but I really feel that it is similar to Hardy's writing style. So the author, if you haven't read it, you can read it. I believe he will be of great help to you 🤔
After reading a little bit, it feels like British literature.
This book is a great insight into early Victorian life.
Good-looking, highly recommended, especially to elites (who like Britain very much), highly recommended
Hope to re-list
The writing is really, really beautiful. I highly recommend it! The author must keep writing, I can't get enough!
This is a real novel, a novel worth reading!
A very good novel, the description is particularly delicate, and it fully describes the living conditions of the common people and middle class in Britain during the Victorian period.
I think there are more than 70 chapters. They are written sincerely. If you are interested, you can take a look.
Very stylish, but some plots are a bit obscure