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Willie C on 27 Mar 12"The crime confronted the townsfolk of Holcomb with their own isolation. Neighborliness evaporated. The natural order seemed suspended. Chaos poised to rush in. They distrusted and came to suspect not terrible strangers, but themselves"
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Willie C on 27 Mar 12This source provides good examples and statements of the Gothic theme of isolation in the novel.