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Poor Things
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Before director Yorgos Lanthimos turned ‘Poor Things’ into a movie, it was based on Alasdair Gray’s acclaimed 1992 novel ‘Poor Things’. This novel was set in Victorian Scotland and follows the story of Bella Baxter, a young woman with a troubled past who is resurrected by an eccentric surgeon named Archibald McCandless using the brain of her deceased husband, Godwin. As Bella navigates her new life, she becomes entangled in a web of manipulation, power struggles, and societal expectations. After reading this novel my initial thought was: what did I just read? Among many things, the novel explores themes of identity, gender dynamics, and the consequences of scientific experimentation, all while offering a satirical commentary on Victorian society.
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