Daughter of fortune : a novel
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New York : HarperCollins, ©1999.
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Book
Edition
1st edition
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viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm.
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Bent Northrop Memorial Library - Adult Fiction
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Published
New York : HarperCollins, ©1999.
Edition
1st edition
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
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Level 8.8, 24 Points

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Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquín takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him. So begins Isabel Allende's enchanting new novel, Daughter of Fortune, her most ambitious work of fiction yet. As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. A society of single men and prostitutes among whom Eliza moves--with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chien--California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. Her search for the elusive Joaquín gradually turns into another kind of journey that transforms her over time, and what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is. Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her own destiny in a new country. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers.,-- Amazon

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Allende, I. (1999). Daughter of fortune: a novel (1st edition). HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Allende, Isabel. 1999. Daughter of Fortune: A Novel. HarperCollins.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Allende, Isabel. Daughter of Fortune: A Novel HarperCollins, 1999.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Allende, Isabel. Daughter of Fortune: A Novel 1st edition, HarperCollins, 1999.

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