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* KarmaHoudini: Blink and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:Beguildy gets a light sentence because he was "provoked" by Gideon's behaviour, despite the fact that his actions of burning down the crops lead ultimstely to his daughter's suicide.]] Subverted with Tibby: [[spoiler:she gets away with being an accomplice to murder, but she has a child out of wedlock (whose dad is dead) and her reputation is in tatters]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Blink and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:Beguildy gets a light sentence because he was "provoked" by Gideon's behaviour, despite the fact that his actions of burning down the crops lead ultimstely ultimately to his daughter's suicide.]] Subverted with Tibby: [[spoiler:she gets away with being an accomplice to murder, but she has a child out of wedlock (whose dad is dead) and her reputation is in tatters]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Blink and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:Beguildy gets a light sentence because he was "provoked" by Gideon's behaviour.]] Subverted with Tibby: [[spoiler:she gets away with being an accomplice to murder, but she has a child out of wedlock (whose dad is dead) and her reputation is in tatters]].
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* KarmaHoudini: Blink and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:Beguildy gets a light sentence because he was "provoked" by Gideon's behaviour.behaviour, despite the fact that his actions of burning down the crops lead ultimstely to his daughter's suicide.]] Subverted with Tibby: [[spoiler:she gets away with being an accomplice to murder, but she has a child out of wedlock (whose dad is dead) and her reputation is in tatters]].
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* GoodBadGirl: Felena. She's the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
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* GoodBadGirl: Felena. She's the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
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* AbusiveParents: Old Sarn beats his kids for skipping church. Beguildy beats Jancis for saying she won't play "Venus" for the benefit of Young Camperdine ([[Squick and plans to sell her... services to anyone who'll pay good money]]).
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* AbusiveParents: Old Sarn beats his kids for skipping church. Beguildy beats Jancis for saying she won't play "Venus" for the benefit of Young Camperdine ([[Squick and plans to sell her... services to anyone who'll pay good money]]).Camperdine.
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* AbusiveParents: Old Sarn beats his kids for skipping church. Beguildy beats Jancis for saying she won't play "Venus" for the benefit of Young Camperdine.Camperdine ([[Squick and plans to sell her... services to anyone who'll pay good money]]).
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* BadassBookworm: Prue. A dog attacks Kester and gets its jaws on his throat. Prue runs to his rescue and [[CrazyPrepared stabs it to death with a knife]], saving Kester's life.
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* ArtisticLicenseHistory: A passing reference to the Battle of Waterloo (and a reference early on to the invention of a combine harvester) puts the book's setting in the late 1810s/early 1820s. [[spoiler:Witch hunts in England had been outlawed as of 1735, almost one hundred years earlier (although admittedly some people were killed unofficially).]]
* BadassBookworm: Prue. A dog attacks Kester and gets its jaws on histhroat. throat; Prue runs to his rescue and [[CrazyPrepared stabs it to death with a knife]], saving Kester's life.life.
** She also volunteers to take Jancis's place as "Venus" and gives Tibby a well-deserved smack [[spoiler:when Tibby threatens to out Jancis and her baby]].
* BadassBookworm: Prue. A dog attacks Kester and gets its jaws on his
** She also volunteers to take Jancis's place as "Venus" and gives Tibby a well-deserved smack [[spoiler:when Tibby threatens to out Jancis and her baby]].
* Determinator: Deconstructed with Gideon--his stubborn single-mindedness makes him [[LackOfEmpathy hard and uncaring]], and destroys the life of everyone around him. Prue only escapes at the very end thanks to Kester, [[spoiler:after Gideon's death]].
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* ForegoneConclusion: Prue starts the book by with a couple of paragraphs about her married life with Kester.Kester. She also mentions that she's a very old woman, meaning [[spoiler:she survives being ducked in the water]].
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* GoodBadGirl: Felina's also the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
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* GoodBadGirl: Felina's also Felena. She's the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an [[InnocentlyInsensitive InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Poor Prue. [[spoiler:She gets her wish in the end--but only after losing her family, Jancis and the rest of the townsfolk.]]
* KarmaHoudini: Blink and you'll miss it, but [[spoiler:Beguildy gets a light sentence because he was "provoked" by Gideon's behaviour.]] Subverted with Tibby: [[spoiler:she gets away with being an accomplice to murder, but she has a child out of wedlock (whose dad is dead) and her reputation is in tatters]].
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* MarkOfTheBeast: What people think Prue's harelip signifies.
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* MarkOfTheBeast: What people think Prue's harelip signifies. (Ironically, it's roughly around this point in history that the first successful cleft palate surgeries were being performed.)
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone / HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Gideon, after Jancis's death. He loses all interest in running the farm and becomes more or less an [[EmptyShell Empty Shell]], and finally drowns himself in the mere.]]
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* ShamingTheMob: Kester does this twice, once to convince people to call off the bear hunt and [[spoiler:once to save Prue from being drowned.]]
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* GreenEyes: Felina, the shepherd's wife. Being married doesn't stop her from making passes at Kester.
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** GoodBadGirl: She's also the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
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* GreenEyes: Felina, the shepherd's wife. Being married doesn't stop her from making passes at Kester.
**GoodBadGirl: She's Felina's also the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
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* [[Determinator Determinator]]: Deconstructed with Gideon: his determination ends up ruining the lives of everyone around him, and [[spoiler:leading to his own death]].
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* Determinator: Deconstructed with Gideon: his determination ends up ruining the lives of everyone around him, and [[spoiler:leading to his own death]].
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* Determinator: [[Determinator Determinator]]: Deconstructed with Gideon: his determination ends up ruining the lives of everyone around him, and [[spoiler:leading to his own death]].
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* AlphaBitch: Tibby. It ends badly for both herself and Prue.
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** GoodBadGirl: She's also the only one who treats Prue like a friendly equal (even Jancis has an [[InnocentlyInsensitive innocently insensitive]] moment or two), and [[spoiler:tries to get her husband to stick up for Prue in the end, amid the mob.]]
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* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: At the end of the book, it's not clear whether [[spoiler:Gideon was lured out into the mire by Janice's ghost, or whether his guilt [[DrivenToSuicide caused him to drown himself]]. The book leans towards the latter, but Prue notices water tracking across the floor and hears "a wailing song" off in the distance...]]
* MoralEventHorizon: After rejecting Janice [[spoiler:and their baby]], Gideon finally, definitively crosses it by [[spoiler:murdering Mother for being too old and infirm to work.]]
* MoralEventHorizon: After rejecting Janice [[spoiler:and their baby]], Gideon finally, definitively crosses it by [[spoiler:murdering Mother for being too old and infirm to work.]]
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* BrownEyes: Prue
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* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Jancis, because Gideon won't take her in or acknowledge their baby and later Gideon, himself, out of guilt for causing Jancis' death.]]
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* RageBreakingPoint: Grimble is upset with Kester over the fallout from the bull-baiting and he tries to spread gossip about Kester in the town, but Kester is such an honest, principled person that Grimble can't get any of his accusations to stick. Finally, Grimble sees Kester and Jancis sitting together while Jancis is dictating a letter, and Grimble suggests that if Kester is spending so much time with Jancis, maybe he should start weaving baby linen. Kester stands up and vows he'll never weave for Grimble again, then storms out of the house.
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* RageBreakingPoint: Grimble is upset with Kester over the fallout from the bull-baiting and he tries to spread gossip about Kester in the town, but Kester is such an honest, principled person that Grimble can't get any of his accusations to stick. Finally, Grimble sees Kester and Jancis sitting together while Jancis is dictating a letter, and Grimble suggests that if Kester is spending so much time with Jancis, maybe he should start weaving baby linen. Kester stands up and vows he'll never weave for Grimble again, then storms out of the house.house.
* WitchHunt: Grimble convinces the townsfolk that Prue is to blame for all of the misfortune suffered by her family.
* WitchHunt: Grimble convinces the townsfolk that Prue is to blame for all of the misfortune suffered by her family.
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* BittersweetEnding: Kester and Prue end up together, but [[spoiler:all of Prue's family is dead, as well as Jancis and her baby and the rest of the town turned on her for being a witch]].
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* BittersweetEnding: Kester and Prue end up together, but [[spoiler:all of Prue's family is dead, as well as Jancis and her baby baby, and the rest of the town has turned on her for being a witch]].
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* BadassBookworm: Prue. A dog attacks Kester and gets its jaws on his throat. Prue runs to his rescue and [[CrazyPrepared stabs it to death with a knife]], saving Kester's life.
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* BittersweetEnding: Kester and Prue end up together, but [[spoiler:all of Prue's family is dead, as well as Jancis and her baby and the rest of the town turned on her for being a witch]].
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* PlayingCyrano: A particularly complex variant. Gideon and Jancis are engaged, but Jancis has gone to work in town for a few years. Gideon promises to write to her, but neither of them is literate, so Prue has to write Gideon's letters and Kester agrees to write Jancis' letters. The only problem is, Prue is in love with Kester and she knows he'll be reading the letters she writes, so half of what she writes is stuff she wishes she could say to him. (Kester figures out pretty early on that Prue is writing the letters and that she's writing them with him in mind. Eventually they drop the pretense and just write directly to each other.)
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* PlayingCyrano: A particularly complex variant. Gideon and Jancis are engaged, but Jancis has gone to work in town for a few years. Gideon promises to write to her, but neither of them is literate, so Prue has to write Gideon's letters and Kester agrees to write Jancis' letters. The only problem is, Prue is in love with Kester and she knows he'll be reading the letters she writes, so half of what she writes is stuff she wishes she could say to him. (Kester figures out pretty early on that Prue is writing the letters and that she's writing them with him in mind. Eventually When Jancis comes back they drop the pretense and just write start writing directly to each other.)
