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Blackwood Farm

Blackwood Farm

Blackwood Farm is a horror novel by American writer Anne Rice, the ninth book in her The Vampire Chronicles series and also the fifth in The Mayfair Witches series, continuing the unified story introduced in 2000's Merrick.


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“And books, they offer one hope -- that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.”

Source: Blackwood Farm (2002)
Context: "No, but one can feel desperate at any age, don't you think? The young are eternally desperate," he said frankly. "And books, they offer one hope – that a whole universe might open up from between the covers, and falling into that universe, one is saved.

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