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"This novel is written in the first person from the viewpoint of the Honourable Venetia Flaxton, an extremely spoiled, rich, English upper class, young woman of 26 who falls in love with the Dean of Starbridge Cathedral, who happens to be in his sixties, married and a close friend of her father. This is not the first time Howatch has set a book deep in the folds of the Anglican Church and much of the information is overly stuffy, as are the characters who are members of the clergy and their families. The action is set in 1963 though Venetia is telling her tale twenty years later.
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Penny , Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Time/era of story
- 1980's-1999
Forbidden/mismatched love?
Yes
How mismatched?
- old gal loving young guy
Main Male Character
Profession/status:
- religious figure
Age/status:
- 60's-90's
How sexual is this person?
- somewhat promiscuious
How romantic is this person?
- very romantic
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Main Female Character
Age/status:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- secretary
How sexual is this person?
- naive virgin
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Setting
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
What % of story is romance related?
- 50%
Part of a series?
Yes
Focus of story
- Her
How much dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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