On Green Dolphin Street
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Plot Summary of On Green Dolphin Street

"America,1959. English diplomat Charlie van der Linden and his wife Mary enjoy a quiet but affluent lifestyle in Washington, until at one of their frequent parties they meet idealistic American journalist Frank Renzo. Mary finds herself preferring Frank to her increasingly absent and alcoholic husband, and begins an affair.

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Stephen Coombs, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of On Green Dolphin Street

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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1960's-1970'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

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 40's-50's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - journalist
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 9 (quite a lot)
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - England/UK - France
Asia/Pacific Yes
Asian country: - Southeast Asia - Russia
Misc setting - fort/military installation

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - generic/vague references to death/punishment
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big B's) - descript. of female anat. (the big V)
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards - No single main character?
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog

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