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The Well of Lost Plots (Thursday Next 3) [Kindle Edition]

Jasper Fforde (Author)
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Word-of-mouth among readers often does more to make an author's name than any publicity campaign. That's certainly the case with Jasper Fforde, and The Well of Lost Plots will be eagerly devoured by his ever-growing coterie of admirers. Fforde writes playful and exhilarating books (which make delightful sport with the very art of fiction itself), and the experience his work offers the reader is quite unique. It's little wonder he has virtually created his own market. As in Lost in a Good Book and The Eyre Affair, this new novel is as much about itself and the whole world of books as it is about its putative plot. But a plot is needed so that Fforde can sustain his amazing inventiveness, and the narrative is kicked into action with the return of literary detective Thursday Next.

It's almost impossible to summarise the amazing adventures in which the beguiling (and confused) Ms Next becomes involved, but after she leaves Swindon (and her life inside an unpublished book called Caversham Heights), she becomes involved in the inauguration of a golden age of fictional narrative. But this turns out to be a very dangerous experience, and she finds herself having strange encounters with Dickens' Miss Havisham (even more eccentric than she was in Great Expectations) and enduring an unsettling journey into the world of Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. But who is the villain laying waste to her memories? And will she come to terms with the fact that her husband Landen exists only in her mind?

As this synopsis indicates, The Well of Lost Plots is a truly unique jeu d'esprit. It helps to be familiar with many of the books being riffed on here, but even if you're not, this will be one of the most idiosyncratic and often hilarious experiences you will find a within the pages of a book. Jasper Fforde enthusiasts know that already. --Barry Forshaw

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Praise for Jasper Fforde: 'This year's grown-up J K Rowling'
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  • Format: Kindle Edition
  • File Size: 551 KB
  • Print Length: 388 pages
  • Page Numbers Source ISBN: 0340825936
  • Publisher: Hodder (11 April 2005)
  • Sold by: Amazon Media EU S.à r.l.
  • Language English
  • ASIN: B002V092PQ
  • Text-to-Speech: Enabled
  • Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (46 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #17,065 Paid in Kindle Store (See Top 100 Paid in Kindle Store)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I loved Fforde's other Thursday Next series and I couldn't wait to get this one. I was so impatient that I in fact ordered it from the U.K. because I couldn't wait the extra month or so to buy it in the U.S. Let me tell you, it was quite worth the extra money, I loved this book...I finished it in four days...I couldn't put it down.
Thursday finds herself in an unpublished book in the Well of Lost Plots, hiding out from the Goliath corperation. She is also on her way to becoming a full Jurisfiction agent. If this wasn't enough already, her mind is becoming muddled because of Aornis Hades, the sister of Archeon, and is looking into a string of murders that might be related to the introduction of UltraWord. Along the way we encounter the cast of Wuthering Heights in a rage controll session, we meet up with Mr. Rochester again and many other lovable literary figures. This third in the series is just as good and just as creative as Fforde's first. I applaude Fforde's cleverness and freashness that is garunteed with his books.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Delightfully odd 16 Mar 2004
By MissJay
Format:Paperback
I bought The Eyre Affair because it looked like it would be funny. I bought Lost In A Good Book because I thought The Eyre Affair was fantastic. I bought The Well Of Lost Plots because I knew I was on a roll by then. I wasn't wrong and I'm positively frothing at the mouth in anticipation of the next book.

Jasper Fforde manages to successfully weave together a quick course in A-level English, purely bizarre fantasy, a cast of fascinating characters, a fair amount of action adventure, a little love and loss and a generous amount of warm humour. He is an excellent story teller and I, as a reader, am delighted to bound along after him as he takes his plots to deliciously surreal heights.

I wouldn't know where to start in describing the plot so I would recommend readers to simply find out for themselves. I defy anybody to fail to find pleasure in a book which features a tame dodo who eats marshmallows and goes "plock".

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For those who are late to Jasper Fforde's books, the quick overview is that he has created a brilliantly imaginative parallel world where Wales is a communist country, the Crimean War has been in progress for over 120 years, dodos and thylacines are household pets and it is possible for people to read their way into books. To get a better feel for his world and to appreciate this book more fully, it is strongly recommended that you read THE EYRE AFFAIR and LOST IN A GOOD BOOK first.

While the first 2 books were set mainly in the real world with occasional visits into various classic novels, this one takes place almost exclusively within books and the result is a breathtaking expansion of what was already a superb creation.

Thursday Next, heroine of the first two books is hiding out from the evil Goliath Corporation, among other enemies, inside The Well of Lost Plots. To be specific, she's hiding out in a dreary crime thriller called Caversham Heights where she takes over a role of Mary in the story as part of the Character Exchange Programme. The Well of Lost Plots is where all of those books that are still being written are kept, along with a wealth of plot devices, characters both good and evil who are waiting to be used and members of Jurisfiction who rule on problems within books and who generally maintain order.

Thursday encounters various dangers while working as a Jurisfiction apprentice including a dangerous flock of grammasites, verbisoides in this instance, who attack and consume any stray verbs they could find. She also has terrible problems with a mispeling vyrus that threatens to reduce the story and it's characters to an unrecognisable shambles. But there is also a murderer in their midst and it's left to Thursday to work out who the murderer is and why the victims were killed.

This really is an incredibly imaginative and entertaining book that expands Fforde's BookWorld to unbelievable proportions. It's left me fervently hoping that there are more Thursday Next stories still to come.

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Most Recent Customer Reviews
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if you have got this far in the Thursday Next series you will know exactly what to expect from Jasper Fforde - a freewheeling, hugely fun romp of ideas, outrageous puns, and... Read more
Published 2 months ago by DJJ
excellent Fforde
The Well of Lost Plots is the third of the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde. Having changed the ending of Jane Eyre, ended the Crimean war and had her husband, Landen... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cloggie Downunder
A well lost plot
Phew! This was hard work.Loved all the others in the series and came to this with the same expectations. Read more
Published 6 months ago by Denis Reed
Another superb addition to the Thursday Next series
Jasper Fforde has delivered another superb fantasy in the ongoing Thursday Next series. Here Thursday5, Thursday Next in the BookWorld, where characters come alive, has replaced... Read more
Published 11 months ago by Ph Edmonds
Jasper Fforde as only he can be
This is the 3rd Thursday Next story taking place in the book world following The Eyre Affair & Lost in a Good Book. It is Fforde as only he can be. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Jasmine Poozle
A great series
Prepare to be taken on a strange and marvelous adventure with a wide range of creatures from the fantastical grammasites to a gorilla in a dress! Read more
Published 17 months ago by Rose Bud
Brilliant concept
Oddly I started the Thursday Next novels with this one (it was present), but I haven't been disappointed and will definitely be checking out the others - the idea of a 'living'... Read more
Published 18 months ago by Miriam Bridge
Bookworld more real than Discworld
'The Well of Lost Plots' is an amazing journey. The only downside is that anyone reading this without having first read 'The Eyre Affair' or 'Lost in a Good Book' will be... Read more
Published 21 months ago by Simon Says
Wee of lost plots review
I didnt like the book. I did not finish it. In my view it was somewhat childish in its plot. It did not carry any credibility for me. Inferior to his previous books. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Arthur J. Pratt
Humour
Well!!! what can I say brilliant made me laugh all the way through. Exercise your chuckle muscles and buy.
Published on 9 Dec 2009 by Rory Hennessy
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