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Beatrice the Sixteenth

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The lead section gives us the title of the book, the year of publication, the genre, the author, and a very brief plot description in a clear and concise way. It also gives some information on how the author, Irene Clyde, was transgender or non-binary. Since there is already a page specifically about her, it is not elaborated on in this article. The article does discuss the book's theme of gender and sexuality, and in that section there is only one sentence that actually alludes to Clyde's gender identity, stating only that Irene Clyde was a pseudonym. If Clyde's gender is important enough to this book to bring it up in the lead section, then it should be elaborated on further when discussing the themes of gender and sexuality.

Having not read the book, I cannot say how faithful the plot summary is to the story, but it does a good job of identifying the major characters and plot points. It does seem quite detailed and could be more concise at some points, but overall the writing is very clear.

The article has no visuals, so it could include a picture of the book's cover.

When discussing the themes, Gender and sexuality is the longest of the three, but is only one paragraph which at some points reads like a disjointed list of facts. There is a separate subheading for Marriage, which is only one sentence long, and these could either be combined into one subheading which multiple paragraphs, or have Gender and Sexuality as separate subheadings. The theme of Defamiliarization could be fleshed out more, since the article itself says that the book "has been described" as an example of this theme, without mentioning by whom. There is a working citation for this fact, so it would only be a matter of including the author's name in the existing sentence.