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She had spears of straw and grass in her hair, not like Ophelia gone mad through contact with Hamlet's madness, but because she had slept in some stable loft.

She had spears of straw and grass in her hair, not like Ophelia gone mad through contact with Hamlet's madness, but because she had slept in some stable loft.

Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial

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Victor Hugo
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Approximate author period: c. 1843 AD · industrial
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