Wicked Women

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There is always more there then what meets the eye. A wicked women is what you get when you take something at face value and accept it for what its worth. But like a book sometimes you cant judge it by a cover you have to read a few chapters to get the real story. Loretta is the main character in the story and she is convinced she has committed a bad deed one that makes her believe and assume she is a terrible person a wicked women.

Jack London Author of a wicked woman. Grew up in the bay area was born in San Francisco California January 12, 1876. He quit school at 15 years old to become a full time employee at a salmon cannery. His first wife was his math tutor who he ended up having two children with. After reading this story I see Jack …show more content…

A lot of the story takes place in the living room of a California country house. There are times where it flashes back to the character Billy while he’s writing the letters to Loretta telling her how much he loves her.

A wicked woman is about an innocent and delicate woman named Loretta that lives with her sister daisy and her husband. When she breaks up with daisy captain kit sends her on a trip to Santa Clara. There she lives with the hemming ways a very mature couple that introduce her to Ned Bashford a man who does not believe in the purity of women and the truth about them. Who eventually falls in love with Loretta. After reading this story I come to find that Loretta is a sweet and innocent delicate girl that’s is confused on what she should do. Billy is the boy back where she lives and he has convinced her that after a girl kisses a boy its tradition to marry each other other wise she will be considered a terrible person. So She ends up taking a trip to stay with the Hemingway’s where they introduce her to A guy named Ned Who has experience with women and would be considered a player in this day and age. Ned comes off as a man with world experience cultured and knows how to sweep a woman off her feet with his charm and gift of gab. Mrs. Hemingway IS a good-hearted women and a matchmaker who has attempted to match Loretta

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