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9 out of 10
Mrs Danvers!! A whole novel, and the two best characters in it are the housekeeper and a dead woman who never appears once. The narrator hasn't got a name and it took me half the book to notice.
by@bleakhouse_bexWritten 5 October 2025Read 3 October 2025
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