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Plot Summary of The Shackle
"Renee Nere is now 36 - it is three years after she leaves Max and she sees him again with his wife and young child.
He doesn't even recognize her, and she in turn feels nothing for him. Renee is now living as an independent woman on a small income from a inheritance. She has left the music hall and is thinking once again of writing seriously. This time, however, she falls in love with her friend May's lover Jean. Renee is resigned to putting on the shackle when she becomes his mistress. It is the shackle you wear when you fall in love, and cannot extract yourself emotionally.
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Joan Clare, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Tone of book? - depressed
Time/era of story - 1900-1920's
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Love problems? - Obession with uninterested person

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - artist
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - very athletic

Main Adversary
Identity: - Male
Age: - 40's-50's
Profession/status: - business executive
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - an average amount
How sensitive is this character? - hard edged
Sense of humor - Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence - Smarter than most other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 (a significant amount)
Water? Yes
Water: - pleasure/love boat

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - descript of kissing - actual description of hetero sex
Unusual Style: - written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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