|
|
| Plot Summary of The Diary of a Scullery Maid |
|---|
"The young Helen Sarsfield arrives at the stately home of Lord and Lady Blanchford-Carter to begin work as a scullery maid, completely unaware that their lordships have turned part of the mansion into a high-class brothel for the upper echelons of society. Their head butler, Hawkins, through his infatuation with the evil Lady Cynthia, has agreed by whatever means possible, to tempt, lure, seduce, cajole, trick or blackmail the servant girls into prostitution.
Kitchenmaid Elizabeth, under the pretext of befriending her, moves to begin a lesbian relationship with an unsuspecting Helen who, meanwhile, has become attracted to stableboy Jonathan.Unfortunately, before their relationship can really develop, Jonathan disappears and through his disappearance and the worry of her twin brother's enlistment in the army (the Boer War is raging in Africa) Helen is tricked into prostitution.
Because of her youth and beauty she quickly becomes a favourite in the salon, but following the murder of Hawkins and a major argument which splits their lordships, she escapes from the salon (but not from Elizabeth) and agrees to live with his lordship."I shall divorce Cynthia," Lord Edward lied,"and you. my darling, shall be the new mistress of Stockswell Hall." Stockswell Hall was actually two separate mansions. As it states in the book, it was actually two individual mansions that came into being through the inability of the Blanchford-Carters to agree on how the composition of a single dwelling acceptable to them both should be completed.
Helen eventually rebels against the evil all around her. The war in Africa and the beginnings of revolution in Ireland will both reach out to affect her future.
"
Kathleen Riley, Resident Scholar
|
|
|
| Review Analysis of The Diary of a Scullery Maid |
|---|
|
Our unique search engine provides a wealth of detail about books by breaking them down into many different literary elements, all of which are searchable (click here).
|
|
Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 1900-1920's
Life of a profession:
- prostitute/stripper/porn
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
War/Revolt/Disaster on civilians
Yes
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Conflict:
- War, general
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Female
Age:
- 40's-50's
Profession/status:
- wealthy
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- an average amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Africa
Yes
Kind of Africa:
- White Enclave
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Sex in book?
Yes
What kind of sex:
- lesbians!
- actual description of hetero sex
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
|
|
|
Click here for more information about this book
Joe Rogers Resident Scholar Profiles
TOP SCHOLAR:
 Kathleen Riley
SCHOLARS:
| |
Note: the views expressed here are only those of the reviewer(s). | |
Use our site!
Feedback
About us
Bribe your congressman!
Rudy Giuliani
Most recent discussions:
General Book Talk
Book writing discussion
Off-topic message board
Online Dating Advice
Barack Obama
11:49:29 PM
George W. Bush
11:19:17 PM
Southampton Row
10:47:29 PM
Robert Stanek
9:34:55 PM
Suzanne Collins
8:34:57 PM
Christopher Paolini
5:59:07 PM
David Clement-Davies
4:57:31 PM
Haruki Murakami
11:22:38 AM
Megan Whalen Turner
1:11:22 AM
Gordon Korman
11:31:13 PM
Adele Geras
9:27:08 PM
Libba Bray
6:34:03 PM
Online Dating Advice
4:49:57 PM
David Pelzer
4:02:14 PM
General Discussion (All Topics)
3:39:55 PM
Teri Woods
2:37:27 PM
Ellen Hopkins
2:10:41 PM
Ray Bradbury
12:33:12 PM
The worst part of the Lord of the Rings
10:48:28 AM
Audrey Niffenegger
12:35:29 AM
More message boards
|
