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Plot Summary of Love Comes Softly
"Marty is a 19 year old pioneer woman. Recently married, she goes west with her husband Clem, hoping to start a new life. They travel in their wagon, eating mostly pancakes since that's the only dish Marty knows how to cook, but they are happy. But Clem unexpectedly dies, and Marty finds herself along, two months pregnant, with no money to go home.

Clark Davis, a man Marty barely knows, also a widower, offers her a marriage of convenience: she needs food and money, and he needs someone to take care of his baby daughter Missie. Marty is not at all interested in Clark, she is still grieving over the loss of her husband, but her situation is desperate. She accepts his proposal. Clark only asks her to stay until spring, when he promises to pay her way back home, so Marty begins by viewing this marriage as a temporary thing, with the attitude of doing her time and then leaving. However, she tries to be a good wife. She learns cooking and housekeeping, she grows to love Missie. Clark is trying to be a good husband as well. Before they know it, the marriage actually begins to work.
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Laura Southcombe, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Love Comes Softly
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Plot
Time/era of story - American "colonial" era
Marriage/Married Yes
Marriage subplot: - marriage of convenience spurring real love

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - farmer
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How romantic is this person? - not very romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
Profession/status: - homemaker
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - West
Farm/Ranch? Yes

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 40%
Part of a series? Yes
Focus of story - Her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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