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It's almost impossible to summarise the 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in which the beguiling (and confused) Ms Next becomes involved, but after she leaves Swindon (and her life inside an unpublished book called Caversham Heights), she becomes involved in the inauguration of a golden age of fictional narrative.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 you can tell, The Well of Lost Plots is a truly unique. It helps to be familiar with many of the literary works mentioned throughout the narrative, but even if you're not, this will be one of the most idiosyncratic and often hilarious experiences you will find within the pages of a book. But Jasper Fforde's fans know that already.
Excellent.
