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Post by undeadgoat on Dec 17, 2007 20:56:15 GMT -5
Hello! I'm relatively new to this site, but I'm fairly sure this is the right place to ask this question, so here goes: I just finished drafting a term paper for my advanced writing class about ASoUE, andwhile I was writing I realized I wanted an example that I didn't even remember which book it came from (I didn't reread all of them this fall . . . only 9 1/2-ish). It's a little thing about the story of the emperor with no clothes, and it's something like, "if you knew a little more, it would be the story of the body who got a sound thrashing", and it goes on, and the kingdom adopts nudism and dies of the flu? Or something. Anyhow. I would really appreciate any help on this!!
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Post by Dante on Dec 18, 2007 6:26:51 GMT -5
I'm not confident that story was ever in aSoUE; I don't recall a word of that anywhere in the series. Perhaps you're thinking of something else with a similar writing style?
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Post by Antenora on Dec 18, 2007 10:28:41 GMT -5
Google Book Search doesn't turn up anything like that-- I tried the phrase "emperor's new clothes", and other key words like "emperor", "flu", and "nudism". You may be thinking of the passage in TPP(page 176) where Snicket explains the difference between the denouements and ends of stories, which contains some discussion of the untold endings of fairy tales involving character death.
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Post by Phoebonica on Dec 18, 2007 14:50:00 GMT -5
I knew I recognised this... The book you're thinking of is Thief of Time, by Terry Pratchett. It is a rather Snicket-esque passage, now you mention it...
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Post by Hermedy on Dec 18, 2007 14:52:36 GMT -5
Good catch, Phoebonica. I am impressed. Flawless victory.
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Post by undeadgoat on Dec 18, 2007 17:39:44 GMT -5
Damn! The passage must have come loose from its author in my mind, and then stuck it onto Snicket when I started investigating these sorts of themes in his work. Ah well.
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Post by Dear Dairy on Dec 18, 2007 23:32:59 GMT -5
I'm interested in reading your paper. Would you post it?
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