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Joyce Carol Oates Reads “The Frenzy”

The New Yorker: The Writer's Voice - New Fiction from The New Yorker

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The Escape: A Tense Flight from Desperation

This chapter follows a tense moment as a girl stealthily escapes from a man's room, heightening the sense of urgency and desperation. The man's realization of her absence and subsequent confusion when confronted by a housekeeping staff adds to the chapter's dramatic tension.

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