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A Fine and Private Place Study Guide

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by Peter S. Beagle
About 3 pages (986 words)
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The movement in Beagle's novel resembles that of a Shakespearian romantic comedy. There are two pairs of lovers whose actions mirror each other; each pair experiences trials and separation and each is reunited in a kind of "happily ever after" in a new world outside the cemetery. The inability of ghosts to manipulate physical objects or impact the living can also be found in Jean-Paul Sartre's short story.....

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A Fine and Private Place from Beacham's Encyclopedia of Popular Fiction and Beacham's Guide to Literature for Young Adults. ©2005-2006 Thomson Gale, a part of the Thomson Corporation. All rights reserved.



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