Set in an alternative history of early-19th century England, The Wolves of Willoughby Chase follows the adventurous of two cousins as they try to escape from the evil clutches of their new governess and her cronies. The fairy-tale elements and imagery contribute to the novel’s simultaneously cozy and spine-tingling atmosphere that really brought to mind Jane Eyre (the first part of the novel, when Jane is a child). We have a winter-y and atmospheric setting, an evil governess who alongside some other knavish characters is up to no good, intrepid children-possibly an orphan or two-who outsmart wicked adults, and, last but not least, wild and ferocious wolves. The Wolves of Willoughby Chase was one of my favourite books as a child. There were hundreds of them at work, wrapped in sacking because of the bitter cold, and keeping together in groups for fear of the wolves, grown savage and reckless from hunger.” Snow lay piled on the dark road across Willoughby Wold, but from dawn men had been clearing it with brooms and shovels. Snow lay white and shining over the pleated hills, and icicles hung from the forest trees.
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