... this gloomy atmosphere steals the lovely Lady Christabel from the gates of her father's keep toward the nearby wood to pray for her "betrothed knight." There, like a lover rushing to a secret tryst, she encounters the mysterious Geraldine. For Christabel, lonely and frustrated,the event is exciting and exhilarating. Not only has she met a young woman like herself, but one, moreover, who ... killed her mother. With such fear and sense of loss it is not surprising that Christabel should turn her affections to a substitute, someone who is similar to herself. Like the Secret Sharer of Conra...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate