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Plot Summary of Venus Envy
"Fraizer Armstrong - a beautiful, blonde, wealthy art gallery owner - inadvertantly comes out of the closet to friends, family and coworkers. "
Lyn, Resident Scholar


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Plot
Tone of book? - humorous
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Kind of sex: - lesbians!!!!
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes
Love problems? - lesbianism!!!!

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - 20's-30's
Ethnicity/Nationality - White (American)
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a lot

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 4 (a fair amount)
United States Yes
The US: - Deep South
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - orgies - lesbians! - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V) - descript. of nude males (the big P)
Lot of foul language? Yes
Unusual Style: - a lot of stream of consciousness
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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