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Matriarchal secrets
Jewett, Kelleher | October 13, 1997 issue

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This article appraises the book "The Witch of Exmoor," by Margaret Drabble. The Witch of Exmoor is a little like that house-- fascinating and full of unexpected turns, surprise vistas and intriguing echoes but lacking a secure foundation. Slip-sliding from one plot to the next, Margaret Drabble mixes elements of a Gothic novel, a mystery, a social critique of contemporary England and a realistic story about a family in crisis. This amalgam of realism and Gothic suspense makes for a fragmented and continually shifting narrative.

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WITCH of Exmoor, The (Book); DRABBLE, Margaret; GOTHIC revival (Literature); LITERARY movements; CRISES; REALISM; BOOKS & reading
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