Literary Fiction
A young woman in Weimar Berlin chases glamour and stardom, candidly chronicling poverty, desire, and exploitation in diary form.
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A young woman in Weimar Berlin chases glamour and stardom, candidly chronicling poverty, desire, and exploitation in diary form.
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The story of Doris, beautiful and striving, who vows to write down all that happens to her as the star of her own life story. But instead of scripting what she hopes will be a quick rise to fame and fortune as either an actress or the mistress/wife of a wealthy man, she describes a slow descent into near prostitution and homelessness. Prewar Berlin is not the dazzling and exciting city of promise it seems; Doris unwittingly reveals a bleak, seamy urban landscape.
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Recurring sexual encounters and transactional sex central to Doris's survival
Violence & gore
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Mild peril and harsh street-life incidents; little graphic violence
Profanity
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Colloquial, sometimes crude slang in Doris's first-person voice
Substance use
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Recurring drinking in bars and nightlife; not addiction-focused
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No evidence found in available sources
Religious content
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No religious themes present
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Weimar class, gender, and urban social critique throughout
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Sexual exploitation, coercion, poverty, and near-prostitution depicted
Other
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