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"Stephen Winters, a wealthy man, recently home from World War I, is immediatly attracted to Lily Valence. She is the opposite of everything he experienced in the war. She is a beautiful singer, determined to enjoy her life, and forget about the years of hardship that she experienced during the war. She is attracted to Stephen's money and status.
Lily is also in love with the piano player of the troupe with which she performs, though he loves her also he informs her that they can never marry, because he was physically maimed during the war and can never have children.
After her mother dies, Lily is left alone and destitute, and she agrees to marry Stephen out of desperation. But it soon becomes apparent that Stephen can never leave the war fully behind him, and he comes to grips with the terrifying reality of the hidous crime that he committed during a brief stay at a farmhouse in france. As Lily forces herself to stay in a home with Stephen's cold, unfeeling mother, his parapeligic father, and a controlling nurse, she learns that her husband may be the most dangerous member of the family."
fran laniado, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- depressed
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- love triangle/polygon
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- conduct in war
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- vague references
- descript of kissing
- impregnation/reproduction
- actual description of hetero sex
- 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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