We Have Always Lived in the Castle setting guide
Rochester House is remembered as the village’s grandest home, with a walnut-panelled library, a ballroom, and roses along its veranda, yet it is now surrounded by decay. As “the house where our mother was born,” it embodies lost inheritance and exclusion.
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How can a house once called the “loveliest in town” become a symbol of loss rather than belonging? As its grand rooms and family history are overshadowed by neglect, what does Rochester House reveal about inheritance, social status, and Merricat’s belief that the Blackwoods have been pushed out of a place that should have been theirs?
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