The Girl Before

Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 2017

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Chapters 1-3

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Chapters 6-7

Chapters 8-9

Chapters 10-11

Chapters 12-13

Chapters 14-18

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In The Girl Before, the repetition of key images and plot points heightens the emotional impact of the text. Choose to examine the repetition of one specific image or event and discuss how it impacts the text as a whole.

JP Delaney switches back and forth between two narrators: Jane and Emma. How does the shifting narrative style impact other craft elements of The Girl Before?

Architecture plays an important role in the character’s lives in the novel. Explore how the physical space of One Folgate Street impacts one character’s life and psychological development over the course of the novel.