![]() ![]() The faded splendour of the mansion house and Jane’s clothing reflect both sister’s obsessions with their pasts and consequent inability to accept their present realities.Īs the novel progresses, Jane descends further into alcoholism and insanity, physically and emotionally torturing Blanche whose paralysis renders her a helpless victim of Jane’s cruelty. The author, Henry Farrell, creates a toxic, claustrophobic atmosphere as the sister’s relationship rapidly deteriorates with the two spending the majority of the novel in close proximity to one another in their decaying mansion house. Whilst Blanche has retained her elegant and dignified attractiveness, Jane becomes a grotesque caricature of her childhood self, wearing heavy makeup and dressing in the frilly, baby-doll costumes she wore in her Vaudeville days, deciding to revive ‘Baby Jane Hudson’. ![]() Years later, Jane has become a caretaker for Blanche whose successful career was ended when she became paralysed in a car accident. However, after moving to Hollywood following her parent’s deaths, it is Jane’s younger sister Blanche who rises to fame whilst Jane fades into obscurity. ‘ She may be your own sister, honey, your own flesh and blood, but you’ve got to face it, deep down inside she hates you like poison and nothing would please her more than to see you get it right in the neck.’Īs a child, Baby Jane Hudson was the star of Vaudeville, praised and adored by her audiences and her doting father. ![]()
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