The door of the novel, like the door of the poem, also shuts. But not so fast, nor with such manic, unanswerable finality. (Sylvia Plath)

The door of the novel, like the door of the poem, also shuts. But not so fast, nor with such manic, unanswerable finality.

Sylvia Plath

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