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* AnythingThatMoves: Aroon's father has many mistresses over the course of the novel, including the housekeeper, Wild Rose.
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The novel begins with the suspicious death of Aroon's mother, at her daughter's hand. While waiting for her servant to call the docter, Aroon reflects on her life and the actions that have lead her to this point. She tells of her emotionally isolated childhood in [[BigFancyHouse Temple Alice]], as she and her brother were raised by a succession of nannies and governesses. Her [[HandsOffParenting disinterested parents]] prefer to devote their time to their various hobbies. As she grows older, Aroon's devotion to the social codes of the time, and especially to the rules of good behaviour, lead her to commit tragic actions.
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The novel begins with the suspicious death of Aroon's mother, at her daughter's hand. mother. While waiting for her servant a maid to call the docter, Aroon reflects on her life and the actions that have lead her to this point. She tells of her emotionally isolated childhood in [[BigFancyHouse Temple Alice]], as she and her brother were raised by a succession of nannies and governesses. Her [[HandsOffParenting disinterested parents]] prefer to devote their time to their various hobbies. As she grows older, Aroon's devotion to the social codes of the time, and especially to the rules of good behaviour, lead her to commit tragic actions.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Aroon is this, desperately trying to be close to Richard as she can.
* ChildHater: Aroon's mother, as she's very off-handed with her children, and goes out of her way to avoid them when they're young.
* ChildHater: Aroon's mother, as she's very off-handed with her children, and goes out of her way to avoid them when they're young.
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* ClingyJealousGirl: Aroon is this, desperately constantly trying to be close to Richard as she can.
can. She also has a breakdown when she hears of his upcoming marriage to another woman.
* ChildHater: Aroon's mother, as she's veryoff-handed distant with her children, and children. She goes out of her way to avoid them when they're young.young, preferring to spend her time painting.
* ChildHater: Aroon's mother, as she's very
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Aroon finds Rose cradling her father, Aroon assumes that her father is drunk. Rose tells her that in reality, [[spoiler: he's having a seizure]].
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* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Aroon finds Rose cradling her father, Aroon assumes that her father is drunk.drunk again. Rose tells her that in reality, [[spoiler: he's having a seizure]].
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* NostalgicNarrator: The majority novel is told as Aroon looking back on her life.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Aroon is in constant denial about Richard's feelings towards her, wholeheartedly convincing herself that he loves her. Aroon's mother also takes part in this, as she ignores all of her husband's affairs.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Aroon is in constant denial about Richard's feelings towards her, wholeheartedly convincing herself that he loves her. Aroon's mother also takes part in this, as she ignores all of her husband's affairs.
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* NostalgicNarrator: The majority of the novel is told in retrospective as Aroon looking looks back on her life.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Aroon is in constant denial about Richard's true feelings towards her, wholeheartedly convincing herself thathe loves her.they are in love. Aroon's mother also takes part in this, as she ignores all of her husband's affairs.
* SelectiveObliviousness: Aroon is in constant denial about Richard's true feelings towards her, wholeheartedly convincing herself that
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* UnreliableNarrator: Aroon is definitely this, however as well as decieving the audience, she's clearly decieving herself as well.
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* UnreliableNarrator: Aroon is definitely this, however as unreliable,as well as decieving the audience, she's clearly decieving herself as well.
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* AnythingThatMoves: Aroon's father has many mistresses over the course of the novel, including the housekeeper, Wild Rose.
* ChildHater: Aroon's mother, as she's very off-handed with her children, and goes out of her way to avoid them when they're young.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Aroon frantically seeks love and reassurance from the men around her, to the point of over-eating in order to be noticed.
* DesperatelyCravesAffection: Aroon frantically seeks love and reassurance from the men around her, to the point of over-eating in order to be noticed.
* InelegantBlubbering: At her father's funeral, Aroon collapses into this, much to the [[EtiquetteNazi horror of her mother]].
* NostalgicNarrator: The majority novel is told as Aroon looking back on her life.
* NostalgicNarrator: The majority novel is told as Aroon looking back on her life.
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* ShipTease: Aroon gets a surprising one with [[spoiler: Mr Kiely]]. However, [[spoiler: she rejects him because of his lower social status]]
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* ShipTease: Aroon gets a surprising one with [[spoiler: Mr Kiely]]. However, [[spoiler: she rejects him because of his lower social status]]status]].
* UnreliableNarrator: Aroon is definitely this, however as well as decieving the audience, she's clearly decieving herself as well.
* UnreliableNarrator: Aroon is definitely this, however as well as decieving the audience, she's clearly decieving herself as well.
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->''Dark, complex, engaging...a wonderful tour de force.''
-->--Marion Keyes, from the introduction to the novel.
-->--Marion Keyes, from the introduction to the novel.
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* BigFancyHouse: Subverted with Temple Alice, as while it's a big house, it had long ceased to be fancy at the time the novel is set.
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The novel begins with the suspicious death of Aroon's mother, at her daughter's hand. While waiting for her servant to call the docter, Aroon reflects on her life and the actions that have lead her to this point. She tells of her emotionally isolated childhood in [[BigFancyHouse Temple Alice]], as she and her brother were raised by a succession of nannies and governesses. Her [[HandsOffParenting disinterested parents]] prefer to devote their time to their various hobbies. As she grows older, Aroon's devotion to the social codes of the time, and especially to the rules of good behaviour, lead her to commit tragic actions.
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Good Behaviour is a 1981 novel by Molly Keane. It's told from the point of view of Aroon, the only daughter of the St. Charles family. Over the course of the novel, the sordid secrets the family tries to hide are revealed, as the Anglo-Irish aristocracy slowly crumbles around them.
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* HeroicB.S.O.D: Aroon goes through one at the Barraway's party, when she finds out that Richard is marrying somebody else.
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* HeroicB.S.O.D: HeroicBSOD: Aroon goes through one at the Barraway's party, when she finds out that Richard is marrying somebody else.
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!! This novel provides examples of:
*AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Hubert and Richard]], while it's never said right out in the text, show very little interest in any of the women around them. Additionally, Aroon finds them together in compromising positions several times.
*TheBeard: Aroon unwittingly becomes this for [[spoiler: Richard]].
*ClingyJealousGirl: Aroon is this, desperately trying to be close to Richard as she can.
*DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Aroon finds Rose cradling her father, Aroon assumes that her father is drunk. Rose tells her that in reality, [[spoiler: he's having a seizure]].
*HeroicB.S.O.D: Aroon goes through one at the Barraway's party, when she finds out that Richard is marrying somebody else.
-->''Aroon'': I could accept nothing. I was on the floor bowing my head, rocking myself against acceptance; I was a rooted thing, torn about in a volume of storm.
*SelectiveObliviousness: Aroon is in constant denial about Richard's feelings towards her, wholeheartedly convincing herself that he loves her. Aroon's mother also takes part in this, as she ignores all of her husband's affairs.
*ShipTease: Aroon gets a surprising one with [[spoiler: Mr Kiely]]. However, [[spoiler: she rejects him because of his lower social status]]
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!! This novel provides examples of:
*AmbiguouslyGay: [[spoiler: Hubert and Richard]], while it's never said right out in the text, show very little interest in any of the women around them. Additionally, Aroon finds them together in compromising positions several times.
*TheBeard: Aroon unwittingly becomes this for [[spoiler: Richard]].
*ClingyJealousGirl: Aroon is this, desperately trying to be close to Richard as she can.
*DramaticallyMissingThePoint: When Aroon finds Rose cradling her father, Aroon assumes that her father is drunk. Rose tells her that in reality, [[spoiler: he's having a seizure]].
*HeroicB.S.O.D: Aroon goes through one at the Barraway's party, when she finds out that Richard is marrying somebody else.
-->''Aroon'': I could accept nothing. I was on the floor bowing my head, rocking myself against acceptance; I was a rooted thing, torn about in a volume of storm.
*SelectiveObliviousness: Aroon is in constant denial about Richard's feelings towards her, wholeheartedly convincing herself that he loves her. Aroon's mother also takes part in this, as she ignores all of her husband's affairs.
*ShipTease: Aroon gets a surprising one with [[spoiler: Mr Kiely]]. However, [[spoiler: she rejects him because of his lower social status]]
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