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I think, which doesn't make it true, that once Perse was back in captivity that the negative stuff would stop. But I think the magic stayed. They talked of the folks before Edgar like Salvador Dali and Perse wasn't around when they were but they still experienced the magic of Big Pink.
Yeah, I got the impression that the pictures would be safe once Perse was safely locked up again!
Did anyone feel just a tiny bit of Dickens' 'Great Expectations' floating around in the plot? (wikipedia helping me fill in most of this here)-- Elizabeth E. as a patron of the arts with a toehold on society- like Mrs. Havisham...
--Edgar as Pip who joins a new society of people that he never encountered,and is well rewarded...
--Powerman, who ends up being Edgar's attorney as well as main compadre, is Mr. Jaggers, Pip's attorney and benefactor...
Probably is not much more to this, especially the supernatural elements, but add more if you wish.
I feel that King Takes a lot of ideas from Dicken's work. I'm a big fan of both writers, and I don't think that is a coincidence.If you don't think so, what about The Talisman, Black House, and The Green Mile?
Ah Joe, I see what you mean about the orphanage in the Talisman...not sure about the others (but I confess I'm more familiar with Dickens in film and TV adaptations rather than the books)...perhaps there is just a touch of Dickensness (??:)) in the beginning and ending portions of 'The Breathing Method' as well.
One thing I have noticed the more I read is that SK takes a lot of stuff from a lot of places. For example, since I finally just read "Something Wicked This Way Comes" and then read insomnia, there is a part in there about a dark carnival (when Ralph is talking about being awake and how it feels to be strung along) which is very reminiscent of Bradbury's novel. Also, SK is a fan of Dickens, so that makes a lot of sense. And, as I just read one of SK's faves, "Lord of the Flies" for the first time since about 5th grade, I realized where SK's fictional city, Castle Rock, got its name!Anyway, have only read Duma Key once so far, so can't answer til I read it again, but I think the paintings were safe. But if it were you , would you be giving them out as gifts?
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My initial question to throw out to the troops: what happened to the paintings after Perse was locked up again? I lost that detail. Would they have lost their magic, so Edgar could finally sell them without fear of injury to the owners?