She casually doesn't tell us all sorts of things that it would have been much more natural to tell us, until she's forced to because the narrative would make no sense if she didn't. Mostly re Dr John, I think: that it was he who helped her (with her luggage when she first arrived? my memory's vague), and of course his identity, and that she's madly in love with him. But I have a feeling there were other minor things too. Oh no, I'll have to reread it!
The ending was intended to be ambiguous - that was the author rather than the character, acting on external constraints, but otoh it does fit Lucy Snowe's personality very well too.
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Date: 2010-10-13 09:51 pm (UTC)The ending was intended to be ambiguous - that was the author rather than the character, acting on external constraints, but otoh it does fit Lucy Snowe's personality very well too.