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Power
- January 28, 2023
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One of the key aspects of most narratives is the nature and expression of power. Characters are enmeshed in a web of social and political forces within which they possess greater or lesser agency. Where people exist within these power relationships and how they respond to them goes a long way to defining who -
Alphonse Moreau
- December 24, 2022
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Alphonse Moreau completes our coterie of bad guys in part 1 who are under the direction of Bechard. He is a minor character who only appears in chapter 8 (‘Threads’) and although, unlike ‘Paul’, we get to know little about him as a person nonetheless he is significant to the novel in several ways. -
Madame de Boufflers
- February 12, 2022
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Madame de Boufflers was a real historical figure, a French noblewoman, a contemporary of Casanova, mistress to King Stanislas of Poland and someone who enjoyed a succession of lovers. According to historian Ian Kelly she was one of a number of ladies-in-waiting ‘with some time and much money on their hands’ who had become intrigued
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