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Plot Summary of Miss Pym Disposes
"Takes place in a girls' college.Hidden Jealousies which take a disastrous turn towards the end of the Term Year."
Prabal Guha Biswas, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Miss Pym Disposes
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Plot
How difficult to spot villain? - Challenging
Time/era of story: - 1930's-1950's
What % of story relates directly to the mystery, not the subplot? - 60%
Special suspect? - best friend
Misc. Murder Plotlets - Proving innocence of very obvious suspect
Kind of investigator - amateur citizen investigator - british mystery (I say!)
Kid or adult book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Crime Thriller Yes
Murder Mystery (killer unknown) Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - writer
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How much violence does he/she use? - none
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
Motive of antagonist - jealousy
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
How many deaths? - 1
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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