Oprah's book club. Daughter of Fortune: A Novel

Type

Book

Authors

Isabel Allende

ISBN 10

006019491X

ISBN 13

9780060194918

Tags

Historical, United States, Literary, Suspense, California, Gold mines and mining, Manners and customs, Frontier and pioneer life, Gold miners--Social life and customs, Voyages to the Pacific coast, Chile

Series Name

Oprah's book club.

Abstract

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.

Description

Genre/Form: Fiction
Adventure stories
Adventure fiction
Romance fiction
Action and adventure fiction
History
Love stories
Material Type: Fiction
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Isabel Allende
ISBN: 006019491X 9780060194918 9780060932756 0060932759 0061120251 9780061120251 038082101X 9780380821013 0061565334 9780061565335
OCLC Number: 41076386
Description: viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm
Contents: pt. 1. 1843-1848 : Eliza ; The English ; Señoritas ; A ruined reputation ; Suitors ; Miss Rose ; Love --
pt. 2. 1848-1849 : The news ; The farewell ; Fourth son ; Tao Chi'en ; The voyage ; The Argonauts ; The secret --
pt. 3. 1850-1853 : El Dorado ; Business dealings ; Soiled doves ; Disillusion ; Singsong girls ; Joaquín ; An unusual pair.
Series Title: Oprah's book club.
Other Titles: Hija de la fortuna.
Responsibility: Isabel Allende ; translated from the Spanish by Margaret Sayers Peden.

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