Why do heroines die in classic fiction? BBC had doctors analyse the death of Sense and Sensibility’s Marianne, Wuthering Heights’s Catherine, and Bleak House’s Lady Dedlock. Fun!
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Why heroines die in classic fiction
Posted in 19th century, literature, victorian, tagged austen, bleak house, bronte, dickens, fun facts, sense and sensibility, victorian literature, wuthering heights on November 22, 2007| 1 Comment »
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