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Chéri's End
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Plot Summary of Chéri's End
"Colette lets us follow the story of Chéri, his marriage, and his relationship to his much older, former lover, to its conclusion. The focus here is entirely on the young man himself."
Regina Pounds, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Chéri's End
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes
Lover is - much younger/older

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age: - 20's-30's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric - obsessed - emotionally unstable
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 10 (a tremendous amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript. of female anat. (the big B's)
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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