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"GOBSECK is a novel first published in 1830.
This is the story of Gobseck, an old usurer who knows all the secrets of the high society of the Paris at the beginnings of the 19th century. We'll learn how helps a wealthy Count to dispossess his own wife who's squandering her fortune for her much younger lover.
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Daniel Staebler, Resident Scholar
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| Review Analysis of Gobseck |
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- playing footsy while inconveniently married
Family, struggle with
Yes
Struggle with:
- Wife
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Age:
- 60's-90's
Eccentric/Mental
Yes
Eccentric:
- obsessed
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Intelligence
- Very much smarter than other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- homemaker
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 1 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
City?
Yes
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Amount of dialog
- mostly dialog
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