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Historical Fiction · 1673 · PG-13

Charlotte Gray

by Sebastian Faulks

A young Scottish woman goes to Vichy France searching for her French pilot lover — and finds herself.

For14+GenreHistorical FictionLength399 pagesRead time~10.5 hours

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Violence

Some

Wartime violence; deportation of Jewish children; deaths

Language

None

No profanity

Sexual Content

Some

Adult sexual relationship

Substance Use

None

No substance use

Emotional Intensity

Some

Themes of identity, love under occupation, and the complicity of bystanders

What this book is about

Faulks's 1998 novel follows Charlotte Gray, a young Scotswoman who travels to occupied southern France to find her missing RAF lover. The novel unflinchingly depicts the deportation of French Jewish children. Features wartime violence and adult content. For adults.

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Deportation of Jewish children

Wartime violence

Adult sexual content

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