![]() ![]() A copy of The Woman in White is tucked into her bag. In fact, it's rather dark.Ĭassandra Dashwood, barely out of her teens, boards a train which will take her to the crumbling pile that is Cropthorne Manor. Only Elizabeth Taylor does it much more artfully and there is nothing funny about this story. It's a bit like one of those games where you pick a vegetable, a movie, a colour and a country, plot them into an abstract sentence and you end up with a humourous tale. Part of the enjoyment in reading this book is acknowledging the references and marvelling at how Taylor pulls them all together. Palladian is a bit of a compilation album if you will, with nods to several iconic novels. "We all tell lies about her," he said calmly.' ![]() ![]() '"Why does Sophy tell untruths about her mother?" Cassandra asked, with the sharp edge to her voice of sudden and undisciplined courage. ![]()
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