Cossette, according to Hugo, has endured great hardship in her life but has managed to survive.... Hugo goes into great detail about how "slavery still exists, but now applies only to women's and its name is prostitution" (180). ...

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The first publication of the short story "Cathedral" was in the March, 1981, issue of Atlantic Monthly. It was selected to appear in "The Best American Short Stories, 1982," and became the title story in the 1983 collection, Cathedral. This volume was very well-received by critics and readers alike...

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• Grade Level: High School