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Madeline’s Birthday by Mavis Gallant Analysis
Mavis Gallant died last year, but if she were still around she might not think much of my attempt to dissect her stories in order to learn from them: Gallant is dismissive of analysing or explaining her work, and distrustful of academic attempts to do so. The Guardian, 2009 The same Guardian article says of her […]
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How Appearances Deceive
Hilda Bewildered Pre-reading Questions Post-reading Discussion In Hilda Bewildered, list the ways in which outside appearances do not match what’s inside or underneath. Highlight below for some answers: The taxi that Hilda gets into looks like a Citroen from the 1960s, but once inside, the dashboard indicates that this is an ordinary modern vehicle. The Princess […]
