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Mistress of My Fate is a fictional memoir set in 18th century England. The story focuses on the romance between young, sheltered Henrietta Ingerton and her unlikely love interest, George Allenham. Henrietta was adopted by her uncle and aunt, the Earl and Countess of Stavourley. Her destiny turns out quite different than she had first thought when romance, tragedy, and her mysterious past unravel all at once in this novel.
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* TheMistress: [[spoiler:Henrietta's Mother, Kitty Kennedy to Lord Stavourley and many others, then later Henrietta herself to George Allenham. John St. John, and Philly Quindell, and almost all of Henriett's female friends after she goes to London]]
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* TheMistress: [[spoiler:Henrietta's Mother, Kitty Kennedy to Lord Stavourley and many others, then later Henrietta herself to George Allenham. Allenham, John St. John, and Philly Quindell, and almost all of Henriett's female friends after she goes to London]]
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* BookEnds:The scene when [[spoiler:Henrietta runs away from her home is compared to the scene where she runs away from her life as Quindell's mistress by the narrator, as a way of showing how she is no longer the naive ingenue she started out as.]]
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* HowWeGotHere:The book starts with [[spoiler:Henrietta running away from home]], then explains all the events leading up to that, and then tells us the rest of the story. Well, we're actually sort of LeftHanging.
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->''"And the sublime, the sublime is greater than beauty. It overwhelms the senses. It consumes us. It is the pure fury and power of nature. It must be felt to be known. An artist must feel in order to paint, and of that madam, you will never learn from reading Sir Joshua's dry Discourses.''
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Mistress of My Fate is a fictional memoir set in 18th century England. The story focuses on the romance between young, sheltered Henrietta Ingerton and her unlikely love interest, George Allenham. Henrietta was adopted by her uncle and aunt, the Earl and Countess of Stavourley. Her destiny turns out quite different than she had first thought when romance, tragedy, and her mysterious past unravel all at once in this novel.
*BookEnds:The scene when [[spoiler:Henrietta runs away from her home is compared to the scene where she runs away from her life as Quindell's mistress by the narrator, as a way of showing how she is no longer the naive ingenue she started out as.]]
*BreakTheCutie: Happens to [[Spoiler:Henrietta]]
*BreakTheHaughty: Happens to [[spoiler:Catherine]]
*BreakTheCutie: Happens to [[Spoiler:Henrietta]]
*BreakTheHaughty: Happens to [[spoiler:Catherine]]
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*MysteriousParent: [[spoiler:Henrietta's real mother, Kitty Kennedy]]
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*AlphaBitch: Henrietta's cousin, Lady Catherine
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