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Morrow, Sep 2001, 28.00, 648 pp.
ISBN: 0060184914
In 1860 New York, teenager Arabella Leeds, daughter of upper crust parents, commits a terrible faux pas and is exiled to Europe until the furor ends. By 1862, the Civil War costs New Orleans "high-yellow" house slave Aubrey "Bree" Paxton his position of “privilege”. Rather than waiting for the inevitable disaster to finally hit, Bree obtains employment on a ship heading to London.
Bree and Arabella meet in Europe and begin to fall in love with one another. However, though his skin is white, she knows her family would consider Bree as Black and unacceptable. As Bree seeks more about his own roots, Arabella struggles with her parents and peers intervention. Love means nothing in a caste system that these two star-crossed individuals live in everyday of their lives.
LETTERS FORM AN AGE OF REASON is a tremendous historical fiction that will surprise readers by how good a tale is told by debut author Nora Hague. The story line rotates letters and other similar entries between Bree and Arabella that for the most part provide insight into American and English society during the American Civil War years. The duo's look at the attraction between them slows down the overall powerhouse theme that Victorian society cages Bree and Arabella for race and gender respectively. This, in turn, works so well that the plot makes this novel required reading for Civil War era buffs.
Harriet Klausner
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Harriet Klausner, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Time/era of story
- 19th century
Romance/Romance Problems
Yes
Kind of romance:
- long distance phone/letter/e-mail love
Family, loving relations
Yes
Special relationship with
- father
Internal struggle/realization?
Yes
Struggle over
- vague finding self/purpose in life (i.e. no plot to book)
Culture clash?
- visiting a culture in other country
Is this an adult or child's book?
- Adult or Young Adult Book
Outside culture (society)
- American Black
Ethnic/regional/gender life
Yes
Woman's story?
Yes
Lover is
- of a different social class
Main Character
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- wealthy
Age:
- a teen
Ethnicity/Nationality
- White (American)
How sensitive is this character?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor
- Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence
- Smarter than most other characters
Physique
- average physique
Main Adversary
Identity:
- society
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 ()
United States
Yes
The US:
- Deep South
Style
Person
- mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death?
- generic/vague references to death/punishment
Amount of dialog
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
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