Copyright 2012 Octavia Randolph. This electronic version 2014

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Cover art: Sun Setting Over a Lake, c 1840. Oil on canvas (detail). JMW Turner (1775-1851) Tate Gallery, London

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A version of the Whistler vs Ruskin court case chapter first appeared in Narrative Magazine, Spring 2010.

This novel employs the 19th century British English spelling and usage common to the writings of John Ruskin.