Re: "Being at the centre of everyone's universe'

Date: Saturday, 6 December 2008 07:05 am (UTC)
I don't think it's entirely relevant what they grow up into: the point is that the novels are speaking to the immature experience of adolescent narcissism, and both representing and validating it. They're thus incredibly attractive both to adolescents who are still experiencing the immaturity, and to any older women who retain a nostalgic memory of the adolescence which, after all, partially shaped them.

We do prolong adolescence these days, though. Whether you do the growing up by marrying, having kids or holding down a career, it's happening later and later.
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