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| Plot Summary of Coldwater |
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"In a novel some hat based on the Bronte family, Charlotte, Emily and Anne Wolf live in Coldwater, a prison island near Australia. After their father, captain of the prison, is shot, the sisters take up writing for as profession. When the sisters and their father wait for an arriving ship of convicts, Emily's attention is immediately drawn to one of the prisoners, O'Connell. Though she dislikes him at first, Emily falls in love with him. Captain Wolf is unsuspecting of the relationship, and begins to feel for O'Connell as though he were a son.
Somehow, the captain is informed of the relationship. He takes away rights previously given to prisoners as well as to his daughters. Charlotte, Emily, and Anne, highly intelligent for women in the nineteenth century, are discouraged from writing, and some of their manuscripts are destroyed. Captain Wolf is mentally weakened from the relationship between Emily and O'Connell, and spends much of his time in bed.
Little does the captain know, Anne has been meeting someone on her walks, the brother of a prisoner. Captain Wolf is well known for never having a prisoner escape while he is in charge, but rumors begin of a planned escape."
Carrie Ann Kimball, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- fighting matchbreaker (parents/authorities)
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is
- a criminal (definitely)
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- writer
Age:
- 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this character?
- hard edged
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Age:
- 20's-30's
Profession/status:
- accused criminal
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character?
- mean, arrogant
Sense of humor
- Cynical sense of humor
Intelligence
- Dumb
Physique
- physically sick
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 6 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- Austrian
Water?
Yes
Water:
- swimming on
Island?
Yes
Misc setting
- prison
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- moderately detailed references to deaths
Unusual Style:
- written like a journal/diary/letters
Amount of dialog
- significantly more descript than dialog
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