Revenge is sweet...especially when it’s experienced through the pages of gripping read. Natasha Carthew picks her favourites, from Moby Dick and the Count of Monte Christo to Mockingjay and Carrie
As a YA writer and avid reader I know that I am not alone in my obsession with revenge-based dramas. Ancient Greek myths and Biblical stories understood that the most direct route to justice often requires travelling along the bumpy roads of revenge. In every era in human history, artists have reflected the moral urgency of vengeance, from the high art of Elizabethan and Jacobean drama to the lowbrow makers of heart-stopping horror films. There’s nothing like watching a score being settled and payback justly received.
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