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** ''Neela: Victory Song'' begins with Neela's sister Usha being married off in an arranged match. Before the wedding, Usha expresses anxiety because she barely knows her husband-to-be, fearing he might come to dislike her once he knows her better. Later in the story, another family approaches Neela's mother about arranging a marriage for Neela as well; while the marriage wouldn't actually take place for several years, Neela is still upset at the idea that her life is about to be mapped out for her without her having any say in the matter.
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** ''Neela: Victory Song'' begins with Neela's sister Usha being married off in an arranged match. Before the wedding, Usha expresses anxiety because she barely knows her husband-to-be, fearing he might come to dislike her once he knows her better. Later in the story, another family approaches Neela's mother about arranging a marriage for Neela as well; while the marriage wouldn't actually take place for several years, Neela is still upset at the idea that her life is about to be mapped out all these big decisions are being made for her without her having any say in so early, as well as the matter.fact that even being betrothed would mean additional restrictions on what she's allowed to do.
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** ''Neela: Victory Song'' begins with Neela's sister Usha being married off in an arranged match. Before the wedding, Usha expresses anxiety because she barely knows her husband-to-be, fearing he might come to dislike her once he knows her better.
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** ''Neela: Victory Song'' begins with Neela's sister Usha being married off in an arranged match. Before the wedding, Usha expresses anxiety because she barely knows her husband-to-be, fearing he might come to dislike her once he knows her better. Later in the story, another family approaches Neela's mother about arranging a marriage for Neela as well; while the marriage wouldn't actually take place for several years, Neela is still upset at the idea that her life is about to be mapped out for her without her having any say in the matter.
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* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: In ''Neela: Victory Song'', many of the Indian freedom fighters were born to rich families, but gave up the lives they could have had because they became disillusioned with the British rule of their country. Zig-zagged with Samar, who was born to a working-class family but raised by a rich uncle after he was orphaned, as while he spent a large portion of his childhood in a rich household, he never really felt like he was a part of that world (not helped by the fact that his uncle treated him like a charity case rather than an adoptive son), so it was that much easier for him to turn his back on it. Samar's cousin-turned-sister Bimala is a borderline case; unlike Samar, she hasn't fully walked away from her rich life, but is secretly sympathetic to the cause and maintains a relationship with Samar even though she knows her father disapproves.
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* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: In ''Neela: Victory Song'', many of the Indian freedom fighters were born to rich families, but gave up the lives they could have had because they became disillusioned with the British rule of their country. Zig-zagged with Samar, who was born to a working-class family but raised by a rich uncle after he was orphaned, as while he spent a large portion of his childhood in a rich household, he never really felt like he was a part of that world (not helped by the fact that his uncle treated him like a charity case rather than an adoptive son), so it was that much easier for him to turn his back on it. Samar's cousin-turned-sister Bimala is a borderline case; unlike Samar, she hasn't fully walked away from her rich still lives a wealthy life, but is secretly sympathetic to the cause and maintains a relationship with Samar even though she knows her father disapproves.
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* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: One of the major characters in ''Neela: Victory Song'' is Samar, a man who was born to a rich family, but turned his back on that life to throw his lot in with the revolution. His parents have disowned him for this, but his sister still secretly keeps in contact with him, and she agrees to help Neela find her father because of Neela's friendship with Samar.
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* RichKidTurnedSocialActivist: One of the major characters in In ''Neela: Victory Song'' is Song'', many of the Indian freedom fighters were born to rich families, but gave up the lives they could have had because they became disillusioned with the British rule of their country. Zig-zagged with Samar, a man who was born to a working-class family but raised by a rich family, but turned uncle after he was orphaned, as while he spent a large portion of his childhood in a rich household, he never really felt like he was a part of that world (not helped by the fact that his uncle treated him like a charity case rather than an adoptive son), so it was that much easier for him to turn his back on that life to throw his lot in with the revolution. His parents have disowned him for this, it. Samar's cousin-turned-sister Bimala is a borderline case; unlike Samar, she hasn't fully walked away from her rich life, but his sister still is secretly keeps in contact sympathetic to the cause and maintains a relationship with him, and Samar even though she agrees to help Neela find knows her father because of Neela's friendship with Samar.disapproves.
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* TeenPregnancy: In ''Isabel: Taking Wing'', Isabel's sister Sabine is married at 15 and becomes pregnant not long after. {{Justified|Trope}} by the setting; in the time and place in which the book is set, a 15-year-old would be considered old enough for marriage and all that comes with it (particularly among upper-class families like the Campions).
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* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Despite being frail and sickly for most of her life, Isabel's sister Hope recovers from a severe infection thanks to the knowledge Isabel learned from her aunt, who works as a nurse.
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** Despite being frail and sickly for most of her life, Isabel's sister Hope recovers from a severe infection thanks to the knowledge Isabel learned from her aunt, who works as anurse.nurse.
** At the climax of ''Cécile: Gates of Gold'', baby prince Anjou is the only member of his immediate family to survive a measles outbreak. This is largely because the rest of his family was [[WorstAid subjected to bloodletting]] to "cure" them which likely only hastened their demise, while Anjou's illness was allowed to run its course thanks to Cécile and Madame de Ventadour barricading him in the nursery to keep him away from the doctors.
** Despite being frail and sickly for most of her life, Isabel's sister Hope recovers from a severe infection thanks to the knowledge Isabel learned from her aunt, who works as a
** At the climax of ''Cécile: Gates of Gold'', baby prince Anjou is the only member of his immediate family to survive a measles outbreak. This is largely because the rest of his family was [[WorstAid subjected to bloodletting]] to "cure" them which likely only hastened their demise, while Anjou's illness was allowed to run its course thanks to Cécile and Madame de Ventadour barricading him in the nursery to keep him away from the doctors.
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* WorstAid: A major plot point in ''Cécile: Gates of Gold''. Cécile's father, a strong opponent of bloodletting as a medical practice, was exiled from the court after fighting the senior doctor Dr. Fagon regarding his extensive use of bloodletting; he did it anyways, which worsened the health of the king's brother the Duke of Orléans (and Madame's husband) and led to his death. Fagon continues to practice bloodletting, insisting that it keeps the royal family fit, and does it to them regularly. When the royal family contracts measles and Fagan insists on bloodletting to help them heal, Cécile, several nursemaids, and the Madame de Ventadour (nursemaid to the two young princes) barricade themselves in a room with the younger prince Anjou so that the doctors can't bleed him as they do with his parents and brother Bretagne. [[spoiler:The prince, princess, and Bretagne all die, but Anjou survives.]] Cécile is exiled for what she did (as the king insists that someone has to be punished and Madame de Ventadour can't be exiled as she's Anjou's governess) but because her actions [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving helped save the young prince's life]] and thus prevented a severe succession crisis, Madame pleads her case to Madame de Maintenon, who ultimately decides to offer Cécile enrollment at St. Cyr school for girls (the only school of its type in the country at the time), rather than just throw her out on the streets--in part because of her BlueBlood background.
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** A major plot point in ''Cécile: Gates of Gold''. Cécile's father, a strong opponent of bloodletting as a medical practice, was exiled from the court after fighting the senior doctor Dr. Fagon regarding his extensive use of bloodletting; he did it anyways, which worsened the health of the king's brother the Duke of Orléans (and Madame's husband) and led to his death. Fagon continues to practice bloodletting, insisting that it keeps the royal family fit, and does it to them regularly. When the royal family contracts measles and Fagan insists on bloodletting to help them heal, Cécile, several nursemaids, and the Madame de Ventadour (nursemaid to the two young princes) barricade themselves in a room with the younger prince Anjou so that the doctors can't bleed him as they do with his parents and brother Bretagne. [[spoiler:The prince, princess, and Bretagne all die, but Anjou survives.]] Cécile is exiled for what she did (as the king insists that someone has to be punished and Madame de Ventadour can't be exiled as she's Anjou's governess) but because her actions [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving helped save the young prince's life]] and thus prevented a severe succession crisis, Madame pleads her case to Madame de Maintenon, who ultimately decides to offer Cécile enrollment at St. Cyr school for girls (the only school of its type in the country at the time), rather than just throw her out on the streets--in part because of her BlueBlood background.
** In ''Isabel: Taking Wing'', Isabel's aunt, a nurse, is called to the bedside of a woman who's taken ill, only to find that the local doctor has already "diagnosed" the woman with the Plague based on a single, non-exclusive symptom (high fever), in keeping with which he refuses to even touch her or remove his vision-obstructing plague mask to do a proper examination, and he's very condescending toward Isabel's aunt when she suggests his conclusion was premature. While Isabel's aunt is still limited by the medical knowledge of the time, she's at least willing to take basic steps such as actually examining the patient before jumping to conclusions, and is respected more in the local area than many doctors as a result.
** A major plot point in ''Cécile: Gates of Gold''. Cécile's father, a strong opponent of bloodletting as a medical practice, was exiled from the court after fighting the senior doctor Dr. Fagon regarding his extensive use of bloodletting; he did it anyways, which worsened the health of the king's brother the Duke of Orléans (and Madame's husband) and led to his death. Fagon continues to practice bloodletting, insisting that it keeps the royal family fit, and does it to them regularly. When the royal family contracts measles and Fagan insists on bloodletting to help them heal, Cécile, several nursemaids, and the Madame de Ventadour (nursemaid to the two young princes) barricade themselves in a room with the younger prince Anjou so that the doctors can't bleed him as they do with his parents and brother Bretagne. [[spoiler:The prince, princess, and Bretagne all die, but Anjou survives.]] Cécile is exiled for what she did (as the king insists that someone has to be punished and Madame de Ventadour can't be exiled as she's Anjou's governess) but because her actions [[ArsonMurderAndLifesaving helped save the young prince's life]] and thus prevented a severe succession crisis, Madame pleads her case to Madame de Maintenon, who ultimately decides to offer Cécile enrollment at St. Cyr school for girls (the only school of its type in the country at the time), rather than just throw her out on the streets--in part because of her BlueBlood background.
** In ''Isabel: Taking Wing'', Isabel's aunt, a nurse, is called to the bedside of a woman who's taken ill, only to find that the local doctor has already "diagnosed" the woman with the Plague based on a single, non-exclusive symptom (high fever), in keeping with which he refuses to even touch her or remove his vision-obstructing plague mask to do a proper examination, and he's very condescending toward Isabel's aunt when she suggests his conclusion was premature. While Isabel's aunt is still limited by the medical knowledge of the time, she's at least willing to take basic steps such as actually examining the patient before jumping to conclusions, and is respected more in the local area than many doctors as a result.
