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Plot Summary of The Grand Sophy
"Sophia Stanton-Lacy's father sets off for the Americas, leaving Sophy with her reluctant aunt and her family. Soon after arriving the resourceful Sophy sees that her aunt's family is in turmoil - the eldest son is engaged to a horrible woman (almost as odious as cousin charles himself), the second son is having problems with moneylenders, and the daughter has fallen in love (she thinks) with a totally unsuitable (but admittedly hot) poet. Soon Sophy gets to work - quickly dealing with the moneylenders, she earns the respect and loyalty of both sons, the eldest of whom starts to regret his engagement (with the help of some of Sophy's well-timed and revealing comments about his horse-faced fiancee)...
A more difficult problem, however, poses itself in the lovestricken daughter and her poet. Sophy meets her spurned former suitor, discovers he is still in love with her, and decides to reunite them... by making her so jealous that she will beg to have him back. Who is to be the object of the poor girl's jealousy? Sophy, of course!
But she's not the only who gets jealous - Charles himself is suffering too."

Hannah Warnaar, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Grand Sophy
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Plot
Time/era of story - Regency era
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one man-two women

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
What % of story is romance related? - 60%
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
Focus of story - equally on him and her
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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