‘That man... so
rich; so well-
born.’
The Bloody
Chamber
‘I at last - oh
horrors! – made
out a skull; yes, a
skull,’
The Bloody
Chamber
‘a garment of
that innocence of
mine for which
he lusted fell
away’
‘fire opal’ ‘the
eye of God –
his eye – was
upon me.’
‘Absolute
darkness.’
The Bloody
Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
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‘wound me
through the
castle towards it
on a spool of
inexorability’
‘I only did what
he knew I
would.’ ‘Like
Eve,’
Who would
believe tale of
‘ogre murmuring
in the shadows?’
‘saw his dolls
break free of
their strings’
‘How hard it was
to make
everyday
conversation’
with Jean-Yves
‘as in those
clockwork
tableaux of
Bluebeard’
The Bloody
Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
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Chamber
‘put a single,
irreproachable
bullet through
my husband’s
head’
Mother
‘outfaced a
junkful of
Chinese pirates’
Heir ‘our
destination, my
destiny’
Repetition of
‘elsewhere’
discussing
Marquis.
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Chamber
‘he seemed to me
like a lily. Yes.
A lily.’
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Ring in ‘box
lined with
crimson velvet’
‘Outside her
kitchen’ ‘I
hope he’ll be
safe’
“Beauty, his
girl-child, his
pet’
Whisky
‘Drink me’
sandwiches
‘Eat Me’
‘All the laws of
the world he
knew need not
necessarily
apply’
‘the spaniel
wore a neat
choker of
turquoises.’
‘yapping... like a
lady at whose
dinner party
blows have been
exchanged.’
‘and what
else was
there to be
done?’
‘Girl ‘felt
herself to be,
Miss Lamb,
spotless’
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‘smiled, because
her father
wanted her to
do so’
Reads ‘courtly and
elegant French
fairy tales about
white cats who
were transformed
princesses’
‘chattering
away to him as
if she had
known him all
her life.’
‘the rough
lapping of his
tongue’
‘doing a little
embroidery’
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