Clarke presents her retreat as remote, natural, and without conveniences. It was a place of hard work, it was isolated, and its surrounding were often bleak, and yet, through her description, we know that it was the place she called home.
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Clarke presents her retreat as remote, natural, and without conveniences. It was a place of hard work, it was isolated, and its surrounding were often bleak, and yet, through her description, we know that it was the place she called home.
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