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"Donata Mocenigo is a coming of age female ahead of her time. She leads a priviledged life in 16th Century Venice in which women like her live only for marriage, children and appearance.
She has bright propects, for a women, but Donata is unhappy. She would love nothing more than to throw off the constraints of her gender-biased society.
In Donata's world, women have very little access to education, even in the noble classes, but she craves this more than anything. Her father and brothers are sympathetic but have the family's interest in the fore-front of their minds, and her mother does not at all understand Donata's needs.
Donata's story is interweaved with contrasting and fascinating descriptions of the wider world around her. The wealthy nobility with beautiful buildings, art and politics, and the bleak, repressed but, in some ways, free life of the poor.
Faced with an impending possible marriage and the end of any chance for further learning, Donata hatches a plan to escape her world. She bravely denies class and gender to lead a double life and discover experiences that no young women of her time have access to."
Louisa Bayer, 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
- distant past/middle ages
Political/social activism
Yes
Plotlet:
- women fighting for rights
Inside culture (main char)
- Italian
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Woman's story?
Yes
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- wealthy
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- Italian
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:
- society
Age:
- long-lived adults
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 8 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- Italy
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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