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...... The world changed drastically from the Victorian Era and the Industrial Revolution that Dickens lived in. After the turn of the century and two World Wars, things were coming down again by the late 1940s and into the 1950s. A lot of disillusionment also occurred during this time period, and many literary figures began to focus on the false promises of equality and the disappointment that passions can bring. As time wore on, a complete lack of passion or total ennui began to emerge as a new literary theme, the theme of disillusionment with the world in general and specifically with the idea that mankind had any special place in the universe. This is the tradition that Beattie is a part of, and it is harder to identify biographical influences in her work precisely because much of her work is delivered in such a seemingly passionless and pointless manner. Yet even with this obstacle, comparisons between her life and work can be made
Beatties short story Janus centers around the figure of Andrea, an upper-middle-class white woman who works as a real estate agent and is married to a stockbroker; both of them also went to graduate school, which

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