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I've never read the Lady of Shalott and I read a quick overview of what the poem was about so I could understand what parallels there might be in the novel.
Well - quite a few really!
The eventual revelation of Sir Lancelot in the final pages brought a contented sigh from me as I read. Her globe of memory finally resting on that one dark side that she has never explored. Wonderful!
I loved Nora. She seemed so real to me. I really felt like I was inside her head and sifting through those memories she might previously have flinched away from. Her bitterness, her weaknesses ended up being precious to me as I progressed. This is another novel that demonstrates that a book can be engrossing without having any "action". I felt the same after reading Remains of the Day.
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