Stephen

by Amy Cross

It was on January the 1st, all the way back in the year 1899,

this means I'll be paying attention to the historical aspects.

the magisterial Doctor Elliot Brooks. I had read his advertisement several times, of course, in an effort to better understand what type of person he required for the governess position,

My favorite gothic trope

And of course I had no option but to accept, which is how I ended up exactly one week later making the journey to Grangehurst, where I would meet Severine and, of course, little Stephen.

Okay, I'm going to take the Stephen Challenge. It's Horror, it's Gothic, it's my favorite trope--the new governess job--I heard this is totally messed up so I'm going to do notes & highlights if you want to follow along.

“I take it that you have met Stephen,”

This reminds me of THE SERVANT on Apple TV+ I love that show

As a young woman I was unnaturally addicted to the pain of the discipline.

This is also like SERVANT