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December 27, 2023 - January 2, 2024
The illustrations in Fairfax’s book established the image of the bent-over, haggard witch that endures to this day.
accusation of witchcraft was a convenient way to bypass a line of inheritance.
‘I often cut ideas and put them into later books. Never waste a good scene!’
haggard and ugly cliché of a witch – a representation often used as a means to humiliate and control women who were perceived as unruly.