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Compassion or Cruelty? Poor Things and the Contested Legacy of Turn-of-the-Century Feminism
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Compassion or Cruelty? Poor Things and the Contested Legacy of Turn-of-the-Century Feminism

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Feb 21, 2025
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Compassion or Cruelty? Poor Things and the Contested Legacy of Turn-of-the-Century Feminism

Philip Jeffery

Alasdair Gray’s 1992 novel Poor Things tells the story of Victoria McCandless—or, rather, it t…

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