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"Marie Claire is a young school girl with big dreams of going to a university and becoming somebody. But all this changes when she meets Andrew, a British aristocrat visiting his wealthy friend in France. After Andrew leaves for Britain upon hearing that his older brother has died, Marie Claire finds out that she is pregnant. She believes Andrew's promise that he will return to France. Andrew does return to France...but with his wife.
Feeling betrayed, Marie Claire is extremely angry and vows to become the taker instead of the giver. From then on, Marie Claire uses men to get what she wants, and Chantal, her daughter, is her main tool for revenge. She wants Chantal to go to England and marry a wealthy aristocrat, preferably one of Andrew's daughter's suitors. But like all people wanting revenge, Marie Claire fails to see that not only is she hurting herself, but her family as well. Because Marie Claire never confided to Chantal the circumstances of her birth, Chantal ends up falling in love with her half brother. Eventually the truth comes out, and Chantal leaves England heartbroken. She is unwilling to face her mother about the truth, so she gets a job in Paris and doesn't tell her mother where she is living. World War I starts, and mother & daughter don't see each other for years."
Marie, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920'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
Pregnancy/Child rearing
Yes
Major part of story:
- dealing with unexpected pregnancy
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- small businessman
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- French
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a little/some
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 5 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- France
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- impregnation/reproduction
Unusual Style:
- a lot of flashback and forwards
- a lot of stream of consciousness
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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