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by ET-11 on January 27th, 2009
Names Have Been Blotted out to Protect the Innocent!
This was a convention usual to that era.
Curses (of course, Never appearing in Bronte's books) were blotted out so: "D---e" for Damme, and "Z---ds" for Zounds! (Yes, this was considered a swear word back then!) Read "Tom Jones" for that kind of fun--Squire Western's conversation is a hoot!
Even Treasure Island was submitted to this treatment. To conceal the dates, Stevenson used: "17--."
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You're reading Why in Jane Eyre are the names of all the places she visits blotted out as so: L---?
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Thanks, but I'm still not so clear on why they blotted out PLACE names. TY anyway for the great answer!
by sarcasmqueen on January 28th, 2009