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Plot Summary of Waltz With The Wind
"The saga of a woman's battle for freedom in creative expression without compromising her values and a deep, passionate love story.."
Bea Schmitt, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Waltz With The Wind
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1980's-1999
Marriage/Married Yes
Making a living subplot Yes
Making a living: - struggle to escape poverty - attempting to get higher position
Struggling with whom? - Husband
Who is... - physically ill
Family focus? Yes
Family, hating Yes
Family, sick/caring for Yes

Main Male Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person? - somewhat romantic
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 Female Character
Age/status: - 20's-30's
How sexual is this person? - a few sexual encounters
How romantic is this person? - very romantic
Sex has good effect on her Yes
Effect of sexing - blissful
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
United States Yes
The US: - Northeast
Europe Yes
European country: - France - Italy - Germany - Turkey - Eastern Europe

Style
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - touching of anatomy - impregnation/reproduction - actual description of sex - rape/molest (yeech!)
Focus of story - Her
Consequences of sex - pregnancy
How much dialog - significantly more descript than dialog
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