Dear Reader,
It has recently come to my attention that some students have found it amusing to submit papers and seminar discussions on Dangerous Letters, a ridiculous hoax that has vastly exceeded any humorous worth and has now become a scourge of the English Literature and Language Department.
I am wholly unimpressed by students pretending to legitimise this farce; be advised that anyone found doing so will receive an automatic failing grade in their course module and a written letter of warning. I understand that pupils believe they are engaging in a harmless joke in encouraging this sort of insipid nonsense, no doubt because of the inclusion of shameless and titillating material. In actuality, perpetrating such misinformation flies in the face of the pursuit of knowledge and academic inquiry that ought to be the foremost dedication of all scholars.
I would ask everyone reading to kindly stop circulating this work, or posting it online since it is clear that these so-called Dangerous Letters are nothing more than a fraudulent sham and an obvious, sad pretence at historical record.
The author of this work clearly thinks themselves enormously clever despite the fact that the story is riddled with historical inaccuracies, chunks of clumsily reproduced writing from classics, largely unsuitable, and genuinely some of the worst writing I have ever had the displeasure of reading. It is a shameful exercise that defaces some of the most important works of English Literature and makes a mockery of this institution.
Sincerely,
Professor Alan Gaston
Wolfson College, Oxford University
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Dangerous Letters
Fiksi SejarahDear Reader, The following work was found sealed in the library of a castle, belonging to an ancient noble family, in the Champagne region to the east of Paris. The dates of the events contained within are attributed to sometime in the 18th century...
