Grabbed by a Frenchman in a 1901 novel, a girl is “perhaps carried off to” this awful destiny
Answer What is "a fate worse than death"?
The phrase, "a fate worse than death," first appeared in 1810. Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan of the Apes popularized it when the book was published in 1914. The phrase is used when Jane is being carried off by an ape.
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