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Life, says Ethelberta, is a battle, but only in the sense that a game of chess is a battle. The comedy proves her point. The novel, however, makes it clear that life is not a comedy, that in the last resort, the only loser is Ethelberta herself …
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Fisher, J. (1992). The Hand of Ethelberta (1876): Fanny Rampant. In: The Hidden Hardy. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-22156-1_4
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