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"Anne Verlaine, Lady D'Aubrey, moves to the village of Wyckerley with her husband, Geoffrey, who has just inherited the title of Viscount D'Aubrey. Geoffrey is a soldier, jaded, dissolute and in the tertiary stages of syphillis contracted from women he has been cheating with. In Victorian England, Anne cannot divorce Geoffrey and because they have little money, they must live together. The move to Wyckerley finds them living near Geoffrey's old boyhood friend, Christy Morell. Christy is now the vicar of the parish.
Christy and Anne are immediately attracted to one another, but Christy does not act on his attraction to Anne because he is a deeply committed religious man and does not believe in adultery.
Anne gets very involved in parish life. But Christy, as he starts to fall in love with Anne, gets trapped in a very uncomfortable situation. Geoffrey does not suspect Christy and Anne's feelings for one another.
Geoffrey re-enters the military because of a pressing wartime need, leaving Anne leaving Christy and Anne alone in the village. Anne and Christy cannot avoid one another and find it harder not to give into physical passion. They love and respect one another but Geoffrey stands in their way of finding a happy future together.
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L. Watson, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Marriage/Married
Yes
Marriage subplot:
- seduction of someone else's wife
Inner struggle subplot
Yes
Struggle with...
- religious issues
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- somewhat romantic
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
- very athletic
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- Prince/Nobleman/King
How sexual is this person?
- very picky
How romantic is this person?
- not very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
What % of story is romance related?
- 80%
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- descript of kissing
- touching of anatomy
- actual description of sex
- rape/molest (yeech!)
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- equally on him and her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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