Eva Smith

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‘A young woman died in the infirmary. She’d been taken there this afternoon because she’d swallowed a lot of strong disinfectant. Burnt her inside out…suicide’

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Question 2

‘This girl, Eva Smith, was one of them. She’d had a lot to say - far too much - so she had to go’

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Question 3

‘I can’t help thinking about this girl - destroying herself so horribly - I’ve been so happy tonight. Oh I wish you hadn’t told me’

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Question 4

‘No work, no money coming in, and living in lodgings, with no relatives to help her, few friends, lonely, half-starved, she was feeling desperate’

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Question 5

‘A girl died tonight. A pretty, lively sort of girl, who never did anybody any harm. But she died in misery and agony - hating life - ‘

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‘I don’t suppose for a moment that we can understand why the girl committed suicide. Girls of that class-‘

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Question 7

‘I noticed a girl who looked quite different. She was very pretty - soft brown hair and big dark eyes - (breaks off.) my god!’

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Question 8

‘O she had some fancy reason. As if a girl of that sort would ever refuse Money!’

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Question 9

‘Just used her for the end of a stupid drunken evening, as if she were an animal, a thing, not a person. No, you won’t forget’

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Question 10

‘One Eva smith has gone - but there are millions and millions and millions of of Eva Smiths and John smiths…all intertwined with our lives’

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