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Plot Summary of Scent of Cloves
"A beautiful, orphaned Englishwoman is groomed to become a Bride for a Dutch Indies Plantation owner's son. Arriving at the barbaric plantation of the man she married by proxy, she discovers she is to be a pawn in a complex intrigue."
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Plot
Tone of book? - thoughtful
Time/era of story - 17th century
Poverty, surviving Yes
Kind of living: - general poverty story
Is this an adult or child's book? - Adult or Young Adult Book
Ethnic/regional/gender life Yes
Woman's story? Yes

Main Character
Gender - Female
Profession/status: - servant
Age: - 20's-30's
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events? Yes
Ethnicity/Nationality - British
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: - Male
Age: - 60's-90's
Profession/status: - mastermind
Eccentric/Smart/Dumb: Yes
Eccentric: - obsessed - deluded - eccentric
How much of work is main antagonist actually present in: - a substantial amount
How sensitive is this character? - middling sensitive to others' feelings
Sense of humor - Mostly serious with occasional humor
Intelligence - Very much smarter than other characters
Physique - average physique

Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings? - 8 ()
Island? Yes
Farm/Ranch? Yes
Misc setting - fancy mansion

Style
Person - mostly 3rd
Accounts of torture and death? - very explicit references to deaths and torture
Amount of dialog - significantly more dialog than descript
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