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Plot Summary of The Good Soldier
"The story of two troubled marriages."
darragh o'donoghue, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of The Good Soldier
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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - love triangle/polygon - playing footsy while inconveniently married
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Taboo sex story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - infantry soldier
Age: - 40's-50's
Eccentric/Mental Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - deluded - emotionally unstable
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - homemaker
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - wild - emotionally unstable
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - throughout most of the book.
How sensitive is this character? - mean, arrogant
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - physically sick

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 (a significant amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK
Misc setting - resort/hotel

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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