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Daughter of fortune : a novel / Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

Allende, Isabel, (author.). Peden, Margaret Sayers. (Added Author).

Summary:

A Chilean woman searches for her lover in the goldfields of 1840s California. Arriving as a stowaway, Eliza finances her search with various jobs, including playing the piano in a brothel.

Record details

  • ISBN: 006019491X
  • ISBN: 9780060194918
  • Physical Description: viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm.
  • Edition: First edition
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, [1999]

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Part 1 1843-1848 -- Eliza 3 -- English 22 -- Senoritas 43 -- A Ruined Reputation 58 -- Suitors 71 -- Miss Rose 85 -- Love 100 -- Part 2 1848-1849 -- News 119 -- Farewell 139 -- Fourth Son 153 -- Tao Chi'en 170 -- Voyage 199 -- Argonauts 222 -- Secret 247 -- Part 3 1850-1853 -- El Dorado 269 -- Business Dealings 287 -- Soiled Doves 300 -- Disillusion 315 -- Singsong Girls 337 -- Joaquin 355 -- An Unusual Pair 367.
Study Program Information Note:
Accelerated Reader AR UG 8.8 24 35657.
Subject: Gold mines and mining > California > Fiction.
California > History > 1846-1850 > Fiction.
California > Social life and customs > 19th century > Fiction.
Genre: Fiction.

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  • 2 of 2 copies available at Madison County Public Library.

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