Line #6 Literature/TakeMeLikeASailor


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2	[[caption-width-right:350:Wherein a whaling harpooner inherits a baronetcy and falls in love with his estate agent.]]
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6	A QueerRomance by Sebastian Nothwell. Set in 1890s Cumberland, England (modern-day Cumbria).
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10	!! This book provides examples of:
11	%%* {{Blackmail}}: Bound to come up in a story about two men in a romantic relationship in Victorian England.
12	* BlackmailBackfire: [[spoiler:Basil tries to blackmail Evelyn and Morgan, so Evelyn locks him in a wardrobe.]]
13	%%* CallingTheOldManOut
14	%%* ConfirmedBachelor: Morgan, Evelyn, and Ashmore.
15	%%* DuelToTheDeath
16	%%* EarnYourHappyEnding
17	%%* FancyDinner: Two, if you count the mock one Morgan puts on to prepare Evelyn for the real deal.
18	%%* FauxAffablyEvil: Ashmore can be very charming when he wants to be.
19	%%* FormalFullArrayOfCutlery: Morgan has to teach Evelyn how to use one of these.
20	%%* TheGayNineties: In every sense of the phrase.
21	* GrandRomanticGesture: Evelyn offers to give Morgan the Winthrop estate hothouse. When Morgan points out the property is entailed, and therefore cannot be given to anybody apart from Evelyn's natural heirs, Evelyn offers to rent it to him... at the rate of a penny per century.
22	%%* HappilyEverAfter: A prerequisite of the genre, which is fulfilled. Eventually.
23	%%* JerkassHasAPoint:
24	* LiteraryAllusionTitle: The title is a line taken from the song ''Sailor'' by IAMX.
25	%%* LoveAtFirstSight: Both leads experience this, though only Evelyn goes for it. Morgan, meanwhile, does his best to pretend it's not happening.
26	%%* MarriedToTheJob: Morgan.
27	%%* MysteriousPast: Morgan.
28	* ShoutOut: An abbreviated list of real-world titles appearing in this book follows...
29	** ''British Ferns and Their Allies'' is borrowed from the Winthrop library again and again by Morgan, presumably to fuel his pteridomania.
30	** ''Literature/LeavesOfGrass'' by Creator/WaltWhitman is one of two books Evelyn keeps in his sea-chest, the other being ''Moby-Dick''.
31	** ''Manners and Tone of Good Society, or, Solecisms to be Avoided'' by A Member of the Aristocracy is used by Morgan to teach Evelyn to be a proper baronet. This marks the second time Sebastian Nothwell has named-dropped this book in his novels.
32	** ''Literature/MobyDick'' by Creator/HermanMelville is Evelyn's favorite book, and inspired him to become a whaler in the first place.
33	** ''Two Years Before the Mast'' by Richard Henry Dana Jr. also contributed to Evelyn's desire to run away to sea... [[spoiler:particularly the scene with the lash.]]
34	* SleepingWithTheBoss: Part of Morgan's reluctance to act on his feelings for Evelyn are because Evelyn is a baronet and Morgan is his estate agent.
35	%%* TenPacesAndTurn
36	%%* VictorianLondon: Or rather, Victorian Cumberland (modern-day Cumbria).
37	%%* {{Workaholic}}: Morgan.
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