Encyclopedia Imitating Art

[readingthedark]

"At sixteen, Clairmont was a lively, voluptuous brunette with a good singing voice and a hunger for recognition."

It's always disorienting when Wikipedia entries take on the tone of what they're discussing.

I feel like I've already read the Gothic novel that started with this sentence. Or maybe I'll use it as the first line of a long-off memoir.

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Comments

[sovay]

I feel like I've already read the Gothic novel that started with this sentence. Or maybe I'll use it as the first line of a long-off memoir.

It sounded to me like the opening sentence of a murder case.

[oddmonster]

It sounded to me like the opening sentence of a murder case.

And to me like a transgender mystery story...

[readingthedark]

Ooh, and set it in 1814. It's a brilliant idea.

[oddmonster]

It would be SO FUN both to write and read. I'm thinking castrati in the Aztec world, but I'm flexible on this.

[readingthedark]

Please write it. Seriously.