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Plot Summary of Time Remembered
"Amanda, a pretty young milliner is brought to the estate of an eccentric Duchess, ostensibly to pose as the dead lover of her nephew, Prince Albert. The Prince's lover had died after he had known her for only three days and he has been mooning over her memory for the past two years in a state of constant melancholy. At first when he sees Amanda, he wants nothing to do with her or she with him. She agrees to play the role, but gradually she becomes more and more herself. The Prince begins to suspect that he was never in love with the dead girl at all as he becomes more and more attracted to the live one. Anouilh writes a play about a man trapped in his memories."
Jack Goodstein, Resident Scholar



Review Analysis of Time Remembered
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Plot
Time/era of story - 1930's-1950's
Romance/Romance Problems Yes
Kind of romance: - GENERAL--no other subplots apply
Internal struggle/realization? Yes
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Coping with loss of loved one(s) Yes
Loss of... - wife/girlfriend/squeeze

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - unemployed
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - French
How sensitive is this character? - sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Average intelligence

Main Adversary
Identity: - Female
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - Prince/Nobleman/King
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a moderate amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 3 ()
Europe Yes
European country: - France
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - no torture/death
Is this a play? Yes
Amount of dialog - mostly dialog
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