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| Plot Summary of Lesser Lives |
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"Lesser Lives discusses the life of Mary Ellen Meredith, wife of the novelist George Meredith and daughter of Thomas Love Peacock, her unhappy marriage, her love affair with the painter, Henry Wallis, and the child she had with him. The book also gives biographical sketches of Peacock, talking about his marriage in Whales, his wife's mental problems, and his long business career, Wallis, discussing his life after Mary Ellen's death, her daughter Edith by an earlier marriage, as well as a little about Meredith himself. In general the book tries to shed some light on the plight of a woman in an unhappy marriage in the 19th century."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar
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Ratings are on a 1-10 scale (Low to High)
Plot
Romance
Yes
Kind of romance:
- marriage coming apart
Family, hate
Yes
Struggle with:
- Husband
The difficult family member
- expects to be obeyed in all things
Period of greatest activity?
- 1800's
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- homemaker
Age:
- 20's-30's
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- British
How sensitive is this person?
- middling sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other people
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
Europe
Yes
European country:
- England/UK
Century:
- 19th century
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Book makes you feel?
- thoughtful
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of nearly entire life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
If this is a kid's book:
- Age 16-Adult
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 0-25% of book
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