The Well of Lost Plots

by Fforde, Jasper (Author)

• ISBN13: 9780143034353
• ISBN10: 0143034359
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-07-31
• Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics)

Summary

Jasper Fforde has done it again in this genre-bending blend of crime fiction, fantasy, and top-drawer literary entertainment. After two rollicking New York Timesbestselling adventures through Western literature, resourceful literary detective Thursday Next definitely needs some downtime. And what better place for a respite than in the hidden depths of the Well of Lost Plots, where all unpublished books reside? But peace and quiet remain elusive for Thursday, who soon discovers that the Well is a veritable linguistic free-for-all, where grammasites run rampant, plot devices are hawked on the black market, and lousy books—like the one she has taken up residence in—are scrapped for salvage. To make matters worse, a murderer is stalking the personnel of Jurisfiction and it’s up to Thursday to save the day. A brilliant feat of literary showmanship filled with wit, fantasy, and effervescent originality, this Ffordian tour de force is the most exciting Thursday Next adventure yet.

Author Biography

Jasper Fforde, author of the New York Times bestsellers The Eyre Affair and Lost in a Good Book, traded a varied career in the film industry to write and live in Wales.

Table of Contents

Thursday Next: The Story So Far ...	p. xiii
Author's Note	p. xv
The Absence of Breakfast	p. 1
Inside Caversham Heights	p. 14
Three Witches, Multiple Choice and Sarcasm	p. 26
Landen Parke-Laine	p. 35
The Well of Lost Plots	p. 43
Night of the Grammasites	p. 63
Feeding the Minotaur	p. 73
Ton-Sixty on the A419	p. 82
Apples Benedict, a Hedgehog and Commander Bradshaw	p. 91
Jurisfiction Session No. 40319	p. 99
Introducing UltraWord	p. 112
Wuthering Heights	p. 123
Reservoir near the Church of St. Stephen	p. 135
Educating the Generics	p. 136
Landen Parke-Somebody	p. 145
Captain Nemo	p. 152
Minotaur Trouble	p. 159
Snell Rest in Peece and Lucy Deane	p. 172
Shadow the Sheepdog	p. 189
Ibb and Obb Named and Heights Again	p. 204
Who Stole the Tarts?	p. 223
Crimean Nightmares	p. 234
Jurisfiction Session No. 40320	p. 244
Pledges, the Council of Genres and Searching for Deane	p. 257
Havisham--the Final Bow	p. 265
Post-Havisham Blues	p. 272
The Lighthouse at the Edge of My Mind	p. 280
Lola Departs and Heights Again	p. 287
Mrs. Bradshaw and Solomon (Judgments) Inc.	p. 295
Revelations	p. 307
Tables Turned	p. 317
The 923rd Annual BookWorld Awards	p. 329
UltraWord	p. 347
Loose Ends	p. 354
Heavy Weather	p. 363
Credits	p. 375
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