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Daughter of Fortune: A Novel

Book Description
An orphan raised in Valpara�so, Chile, by a Victorian spinster and her rigid brother, young, vivacious Eliza Sommers follows her lover to California during the Gold Rush of 1849. She enters a rough-and-tumble world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. With the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chi'en, Eliza moves freely in a society of single men a... More
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PublisherHarperCollins Children's Books
BindingPaperback (38 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages416
ISBN-10B001AV4DZ6
Publication Date/2000
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About Isabel Allende (Author) : Born in Peru and raised in Chile, Isabel Allende is the author of eight novels, including, most recently, Zorro, Portrait in Sepia, and Daughter of Fortune. She has also written a collection of storie... more
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About Margaret Sayers Peden (Translator) : Margaret Sayers Peden is a published author, illustrator, and a translator of young adult books. Some of the published credits of Margaret Sayers Peden include The Nautical Chart, Paula.
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