It's EPIC all right. Epic and hideous :P Although Northanger Abbey becomes absolutely fabulous once you've read Otranto (or, possibly, Udolpho, which I think is the more pertinent object of the satire).
Even sensible people read racy gothic novels sometimes. The most Sensible teacher I ever had- who spent years trying to wean me off fantasy- read two dollar gothics obsessively.
Hum, well, the only other advice I can add is- don't feed Dr Cornelius all the answers at once! Make his source(s) vague, or misled, in places, even if they're right about the really important facts. It's no fun researching anything if all the answers are there in front of you.
Another way to get out of writing the actual source is have it in another language, so that your story is actually Dr Cornelius summarising for Caspian.
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Even sensible people read racy gothic novels sometimes. The most Sensible teacher I ever had- who spent years trying to wean me off fantasy- read two dollar gothics obsessively.
Hum, well, the only other advice I can add is- don't feed Dr Cornelius all the answers at once! Make his source(s) vague, or misled, in places, even if they're right about the really important facts. It's no fun researching anything if all the answers are there in front of you.
Another way to get out of writing the actual source is have it in another language, so that your story is actually Dr Cornelius summarising for Caspian.