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Elijah's Mermaid

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I don't understand - is this book ACUTALLY about mermaids, or are they like "mermaids", like is it a reference to something like body disfigurement or prostitution..?
Leisah The book sinks the reader into the depths of the private life of females in the Victorian era. Highlighting social structure, patriarchal expectation …moreThe book sinks the reader into the depths of the private life of females in the Victorian era. Highlighting social structure, patriarchal expectation and hidden fortune. There is one 'mermaid'; Pearl, who has a body disfigurement and a social disfigurement caused by her social-status in life. The novel furthermore depicts Osborne Black as an artist while projecting the dark metanarrative of male obsession, psychosis and masculine obsession. (less)
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