Bea's Jigsaw Puzzle

Opening Monologue — My Name is Rory

from A Hundred Words for Snow

Rory, a teenage girl, introduces herself and her late father, whose ashes she is holding in an urn. She reflects on the awkwardness of her name, her father's profession as a geography teacher, and the grim, frustrating reality of his recent funeral.

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Chapter III — Dorian Describes Sibyl Vane

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