Death as Doorway to Life

From The Blue Castle by L.M. Montgomery
The paradox at the heart of the novel: only the certainty of death frees Valancy to truly live.
Chapter 8

Valancy's first night after the diagnosis: she sleeps soundly for the first time, freed by mortality.

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Chapter 10

Her resolution to spend her remaining year doing exactly as she pleases.

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