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词条 The Klone and I
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  1. Background

  2. Plot

  3. Style

  4. References

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}}The Klone and I: A High Tech Love Story is a 1998 novel by American author Danielle Steel. It is Steele's 42nd novel. It peaked at No. 2 on The New York Times Best Seller list.[1]

Background

According to Steel, the idea originated from correspondence between her and Tom Perkins, who she would later marry. Steele said that the idea became a joke between them and that she wrote it as a Christmas present for him.[2]

After their divorce, Perkins claimed that the idea for the book was had been his.[3]

Plot

The novel centers around 41-year-old Stephanie, whose husband divorces her and sues her for alimony and child support at the beginning of the novel. Stephanie spends the next year improving herself, and travels to Paris where she meets Peter Baker, a fellow American who is an executive of a bionics company. After spending the weekend together, Stephanie is sure she will never see him again, but he follows her to the Hamptons and they fall in love. While Peter is away on business, his clone, Paul Klone, shows up on her doorstep. Paul is an exact physical replica of Peter, but the polar opposite from him in every other way.[4]

Style

The novel deviates from Steele's normal work by adding a science fiction element. Publishers Weekly remarked that the novel still retained much of Steele's typical romance genre elements, and did not take the science fiction too far, remarking that the novel was “approximately one part Ray Bradbury to 35 parts Steel.”[4]

References

1. ^https://www.nytimes.com/books/98/07/12/bsp/fictioncompare.html
2. ^{{cite web|url=http://www.sfgate.com/entertainment/article/A-New-Chapter-In-Steel-Romance-Author-to-marry-3013336.php|title=A New Chapter In Steel Romance / Author to marry financier Tom Perkins|publisher=}}
3. ^{{cite web|url=http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fsb/fsb_archive/2006/02/01/8368182/index.htm|title=Tom Perkins' hot new venture is a racy novel - February 1, 2006|first=David Whitford, FSB editor at|last=large|website=money.cnn.com}}
4. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.publishersweekly.com/978-0-385-32392-5|title=Fiction Book Review: The Klone and I: A High-Tech Love Story by Danielle Steel, Author Delacorte Press $17.95 (240p) ISBN 978-0-385-32392-5|publisher=}}
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3 : American romance novels|Novels by Danielle Steel|1998 novels

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