Here is an image of how Spence Academy is described in Libba Bray's novels. This is just to give you an illustration in your mind of how the setting looks throughout most of the novel!
Page 3.
" For several miles, I traveled under cover of the Gypsy caravan. "
The Odyssey is a Greek Epic poem written by Homer. The poem is about the Greek hero Odysseus and his travels home after the fall of Troy. He becomes a hero because of the trials he overcomes, such as blinding the Cyclops, and Kartik wants to gain courage from the tales of his accomplishments.
Page 4.
" As I stumbled among the crowds of Covent Garden, the smell of eel pie, hot and salty, nearly drove me mad with hunger. "
This is Covent Garden in London, England. This is what it looks like now-a-days, but try to imagine it back in the 1800's, with all the little stalls and shops lining the roads and the smell of freshly cooked food wafting in the air!
Covent Garden
Page 16.
" A swarm of girls of various ages, from six to seventeen, breaks out into spontaneous caroling, entreating God to rest ye merry gentlemen. "
Spence Academy for Young Ladies
