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Plot Summary of Beaux Quartiers
"Two brothers come to Paris in 1913. One is a medical student who stops his studies to become a gigolo. The second one joins a union."
Lucette Bailliet, Resident Scholar

Review Analysis of Beaux Quartiers
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Life of a profession: - doctor
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society) - French
Job/Profession/Status story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes

Main Character
Gender - Male
Profession/status: - student
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - a teen
Profession/status: - student
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - soggy whimpering jelly muffin
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 7 (a good amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Small town? Yes
Small town people: - dumb Rednecks, like Gomer Pyle

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
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 B's) - rape/molest (yeech!)
Unusual Style: - a lot of flashback and forwards
Amount of dialog - roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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