![]() ![]() And three modern young women get caught up in a delightfully sexy, messy relationship. So far, so Gothic.įast forward to our modern times: The school has become the set for a movie based on the Brookhant’s story. Over the next few years, there are a few more deaths, and the school gets a reputation for being both cursed and haunted. One afternoon, whilst enjoying a romantic tryst in the orchard, dear Clara and Flo are attached and killed by swarming yellowjackets. So taken with this book, our girls create a secret club: The Plain Bad Heroine Society. (In real life, MacLane’s memoir sold 100,000 copies in its first month in print.) Or, more specifically, her book The Story of Mary MacLane, a sensual, self-aware memoir that highlights Mary’s attraction to women. They are completely infatuated with each other and with the author Mary MacLane. ![]() The story begins in 1902 when we meet Clara and Flo, students at Brookhants School for Girls. Here’s the pitch: A sapphic Gothic haunted house novel featuring a story within a story within a story, black-and-white illustrations done in Gilded Age-style, and portentous yellowjackets that emerge as recurring characters in the story. ![]()
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