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A Rose in Winter
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Plot Summary of A Rose in Winter
"When Erienne Fleming is sold into marriage by her money-hungry father, the meets her new husband Lord Saxton with trepidation and fear- for he comes to her only at night and during the day hides his face behind a crude leather mask. Trying to be a dutiful wife, Erienne ignores his oddities and more importantly tries to forget the man who stole her heart, Christopher Seton- the one man she can never have. In the end, at the 11th hour, can Erinne listen to her heart or to her head and run away with the true love, or live with the mysterious man she calls husband?"
Meredith Griffin, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of A Rose in Winter
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Plot
Difficult/unusual lover? Yes
How difficult? - love with a criminal - very shy/inexperienced
Love Triangles/Polygons Yes
What kind: - one woman-two men
Inner struggle subplot Yes
Struggle with... - (general) search for identity/new understanding
Is really... - rich/upper class - a criminal (possibly)
If one lover chases another... - he chases after her
Children/Pregnancy Yes

Main Male Character
Profession/status: - wealthy
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - several sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex makes him - confused - guilty
Sex has good effect on him Yes
Sex makes him - confident - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - sensitive - a better lover
Sex has bad effect on him Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - bulging muscles

Main Female Character
Age/status: - a teen
Profession/status: - unemployed
How sexual is this person? - naive virgin
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
effect of sexing - confused
Sex has bad effect on her Yes
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - a better lover - less bitchy/arrogant - blissful - mature
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - hostile, like Gomer Pyle on steroids
Misc setting - Fancy Mansion - castle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - moderately detailed references to deaths
What % of story is romance related? - 90%
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - licking - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - descript. of female anatomy (the big V) - descript. of male nudity (the big P)
Weird Victorian/Shakespearean English? Yes
How much dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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