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Perhaps the fascination of a heroine who is a “fallen woman”, which was presumably a novelty at the time? I’m not up to the “fall” yet, but you can see it coming a mile off. A generation or so later (I haven’t checked the dates) Tess of the D’Urbervilles was huge too.
Last edited by Bookpossum; 08-18-2021 at 07:06 PM.
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