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Plot Summary of Cheri
"Cheri and Lea live together as lovers even though Lea
is some 25 years older than Cheri, and was his aunt.
Cheri is the son with an unknown father of a famous
aging courtesan, Lea's close friend. After six years in
each other's arms, Cheri is hooked up into an arranged
marriage, and leaves Lea. They are both broken
hearted by the separation, and Cheri at times will
hang around the corner by Lea's house, waiting for
her to return from the south of France, and turn
her light on. "

Joan Clare, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Cheri
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of sex: - incest
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - prostitute
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male - Female
Age: - 20's-30's - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - thief/con artist - wealthy
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - dumb
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some - a lot
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Dumb - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 5 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes
City: - wealthy
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing
Unusual Style: - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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