Talk:A Far Better Thing

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A fact from A Far Better Thing appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 November 2025 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that A Far Better Thing is a retelling of Charles Dickens's A Tale of Two Cities with fairy changelings?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Did you know archive/2025/November. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/A Far Better Thing.

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The result was: promoted by TarnishedPath talk 12:06, 28 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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... that A Far Better Thing is a retelling of Charles Dickens' A Tale of Two Cities with fairy changelings?

Sources: The Nerd Daily: "Dickens, but with fairy changelings."
Publishers Weekly: "Faeries whisked Sydney Carton away to the faerie realm when he was a baby, leaving behind a changeling named Charles Darnay."

ALT1: ... that A Far Better Thing is a retelling of A Tale of Two Cities with fairy changelings?

Sources: The Nerd Daily: "Dickens, but with fairy changelings."
Publishers Weekly: "Faeries whisked Sydney Carton away to the faerie realm when he was a baby, leaving behind a changeling named Charles Darnay."

Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Calling Mr. Smith

Created by Bruce1ee (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 15 past nominations.

—Bruce1ee ^talk 15:11, 27 September 2025 (UTC).Reply

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall: I am fine with either the main hook or ALT1, as they are substantially the same except for whether or not to refer to A Tale of Two Cities as being by Charles Dickens. --Metropolitan90 (talk) 21:19, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

Thanks. I'm leaning towards the main hook, which I think adds more weight to A Tale of Two Cities. —Bruce1ee ^talk 23:56, 12 October 2025 (UTC)Reply

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