" Cooper Winslow is an aging star. He was a very successful actor about a decade ago and he still believes that he can play the main role in movies. What he does not realize is that though people still think that he is handsome, they do not want to see him as the antagonist in movies. The story begins with his personal secretary leaving him. His financial problems get almost out of hand but he lives in a dreamworld believing that all will be fine.
His debts force him to let go of the house staff and rent the guest wing to a divorced middle aged man and the gate house of his beautiful home 'The Cottage' to a young widower.
Even then he refused to face reality and went on living the luxurious life which he believed to be his. The main events of he story start when he falls in love with a rich heiress named Alexon Madison who is thirty years younger than himself.
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Zainab Iqtidar, Resident Scholar
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Review Analysis of The Cottage
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Plot
Tone of book?
- thoughtful
Time/era of story
- present (2000-2010)
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- living in dreamworld
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Lover is
- much younger/older
Main Character
Gender
- Male
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
Age:
- 60's-90's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Main Adversary
Identity:
- Male
Age:
- 60's-90's
Profession/status:
- actor/actress/producer
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in:
- a lot
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- very athletic
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 3 (some)
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
Misc setting
- fancy mansion
Style
Person
- mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- a lot of play on words
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
