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The End of the Gods
by A.S. Byatt
She tried to think she might be wicked for thinking
these things. She might be like Ignorance, in
Pilgrim's Progress, who fell into the pit at the gate
of heaven. She tried to feel wicked.
But her mind veered away, to where it was
alive.
Excerpted from Ragnarok by A.S. Byatt. Copyright © 2012 by A.S. Byatt. Excerpted by permission of Grove Press. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced or reprinted without permission in writing from the publisher.
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