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Plot Summary of Rembrandt's Whore
"Rembrandt's Whore by Sylvie Matton (198 pages)

In this book, we get a feel for the Dutch master artist Rembrandt's life through the eyes of his lady (whore) Hendrickje Stoffels. The story starts with Hendrickje joining the Rembrandt household as a servant (after the master's wife has died) and the book follows her life.

More than an art book, this book is a great look at the Dutch way of life in intricate detail around the 1650's, with a good deal of focus on the then-prevalant Plague. All in all, the book is an excellently portrayed historical biography. -- Ram Prasad
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R Prasad, Resident Scholar



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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 17th century
Life of a profession: - artist
Inside culture (main char) - Eastern European
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society) - Dutch
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Main Adversary
Identity: - society
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a little/some

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 ()
Europe Yes

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - explicit references to deaths
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - actual description of hetero sex - descript. of female anat. (the big V)
Amount of dialog - little dialog
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