Dune (SPOILER)
WARNING: SPOILER ALERT
This post contains a spoiler for the novel Dune by Frank Herbert YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!
I’ve recently finished re-reading Dune for the umpteenth time, and I was reminded again of the subtle joke included at the top of every chapter. Located there are excerpts from books written by Princess Irulan. As you continue reading Dune, it becomes clear that this princess must have written several million volumes in order to fill the top of the chapter.
Then, you come to this passage at the end:
“See that princess standing there, so haughty and confident. They say she has pretensions of a literary nature. Let us hope she finds solace in such things; she’ll have little else.” A bitter laugh escaped Jessica. “Think on it, Chani: that princess will have the name, yet she’ll live as less than a concubine — never to know a moment of tenderness from the man to whom she’s bound. While we, Chani, we who carry the name of concubine — history will call us wives.”
