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Jane Eyre Part II: Repression, Regression, Tension and Release

(All quotes taken from the 1985 Penguin Classics edition)  “You have a very bad disposition,” said she, “and one to this day I feel impossible to understand; how for nine years you could be patient and quiescent  under any treatment, … Continue reading

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Perfectly Horrifying: The Little Stranger

The Little Stranger, Sarah Waters, Riverhead Books, 2009  Caution: It is difficult to write about The Little Stranger by Sarah Waters and not give anything away, so I’m going to say this post might contain spoilers.  The Little Stranger is … Continue reading

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