![]() ![]() The novel derives its title from a quote by bisexual and feminist author Mary MacLane 's The Story of Mary MacLane. It was first published in the United States through William Morrow and is set at a girls' boarding school during 1902 and present day in New England. ![]() In those first pages of danforth's book, MacLane is established as both Writer and Reader. Plain Bad Heroines is a 2020 gothic novel by American author Emily M. But her writing was also born out of the frustration of never seeing herself represented in them. As she laments the lack of "plain bad heroines," she makes reference to none other than Jane Eyre, a plain woman, to be sure, but one so full of moral righteousness as to make her "very unsatisfactory." MacLane's references are all from literary texts, revealing how she has constructed herself through the books she has read. Take for instance, that opening excerpt from Mary MacLane's scandalizing memoir: in it, she is writing about herself as the author of the memoir, and writing about herself as a character in the memoir, the heroine of the story and of her own life. In her capable hands, the narrative voice is just one barb on the branch of brambles that is this book, one of the many ways it will enfold and ensnare you. ![]() Her use of narrative intrusion is skillful indeed. ![]()
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