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Long Ago in France: the Years in Dijon
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Plot Summary of Long Ago in France: the Years in Dijon
"This memoir of the author's early adulthood was written very late in her life: published in 1991 when Fisher was in her 80s, about life as the 21-year-old, newly-married wife of Alfred Fisher, who was working on his doctorate in Dijon between 1929 and 1931. The book provides a walking tour of the city as well as portraits of the lovable eccentrics she knew there. Roughly a quarter of the stories are recycled from _Serve It Forth_, _The Gastronomical Me_, and _With Bold Knife and Fork_, and the tone is less exuberant, more calm, than some of her earlier books."
David Loftus, Resident Scholar

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Plot
Romance Yes
job/profession: - writer
Job/profession/poverty story Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender Yes
ethnic of society (outside) - European Culture

Subject of Biography
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - homemaker
Age: - 20's-30's
Biography of famous person? Yes
Ethnicity - White
Nationality - American (!)
How sensitive is this person? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Strong but gentle sense of humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 (a significant amount)
Europe Yes
European country: - France
City? Yes
Misc setting - resort/hotel
Century: - 1930's-1950's

Style
Person - mostly 1st
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Book makes you feel? - encouraged
Is book humorous? Yes
If humorous, kind of humor - eccentric personalities - gentle
Sex in book? Yes
What kind of sex: - vague references
Writer's slant towards subject: - very favorable
Story of entire life, or part? - story of set of events during life
Autobiography? Yes
How much dialogue in bio? - little dialog
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life? - 0-25% of book
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