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"Mallon writes engagingly about the diaries of hundreds of people, well known and obscure -- the reasons they wrote, what they wrote, what they made of themselves and their times. His judgments are honest but fair: Anais Nin's diaries had "an off-putting Delphic pride," with "what seems a biological inability to refrain from recording expressions of praise that have been directed to her by others." Stendhal "knows what a magnificent cad he is," and his diaries are "so great that by their end one would rather be him than read him.""
David Loftus, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Tone of book?
- upbeat
Life of a profession:
- writer
Other aspects:
- story of "the rich"
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Job/Profession/Status story
Yes
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Woman's story?
Yes
Main Character
How sensitive is this character?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Physique
- average physique
Setting
United States
Yes
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
- France
- Italy
- Germany
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- no torture/death
Unusual Style:
- No single main character?
Amount of dialog
- little dialog
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