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2 Nov 2022 Conversations with Tyler Mary Gaitskill on Subjects That Are Vexing Everybody
“No. I think that even Victorian novels — it’s there. The first thing that pops into mind is Bleak House.”
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- 2 Nov 2022
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…Now, in some of your writing, there is sex, not sexual scenes explicitly. But if you think about Victorian novels, they pretty much always avoid the sex. Does that make them inherently flawed? No. I think that even Victorian novels — it’s there. The first thing that pops into mind is Bleak House. You don’t think Dickens is a sexual writer at all, but he is. He doesn’t do it explicitly, but Lady Dedlock — very, very. Have you read that book? Sure. I love that book. It’s one of my favorites.…
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