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Misfortune

Wesley Stace (2005)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.7
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Content levels

ViolenceMild
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

Gender Identity ConfusionDeceptionAbandonmentBody Image IssuesIdentity Crisis

Positive tags

Coming of AgeSelf-DiscoveryHeartwarmingFound Family

Protagonist archetypes

Hidden IdentityOrphanComing-of-Age Protagonist

Tropes

Hidden IdentityFish out of WaterComing of AgeForbidden LoveSecret IdentityMentor FigureClass Struggle

Themes

IdentityGender and SocietyDeceptionComing of AgeClass and PrivilegeNature vs NurtureBelonging

Synopsis

When Lord Geoffroy Loveall finds an abandoned baby, he treats the child as his daughter, despite the male gender of the child, who grows up desperately conflicted in the richest home in nineteenth-century England.

Tags

Historical FictionLiterary FictionVictorian EraGender Studies