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Daughter of fortune : a novel Cover Image Book Book

Daughter of fortune : a novel

Allende, Isabel (author.). Peden, Margaret Sayers, (translator.).

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.

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  • ISBN: 0060932759
  • ISBN: 038082101X
  • ISBN: 006019491X
  • ISBN: 0061120251
  • ISBN: 9780060194918
  • ISBN: 9780061120251
  • Physical Description: viii, 399 pages : map ; 25 cm.
    print
  • Edition: First edition.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 1999.

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Subject: Adopted children -- Chile -- Fiction
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Genre: Spanish fiction.
Historical fiction.
Chilean fiction.
Magic realistic fiction.
Family chronicles.
Biographical fiction.
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  • 14 of 16 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.

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  • 0 current holds with 16 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Holdable? Status Due Date
Prince Rupert Library Alle (Text) 33294001095041 Adult Fiction - Second Floor Volume hold Available -
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PART ONE 1843-1848
Eliza
3(19)
The English
22(21)
Senoritas
43(15)
A Ruined Reputation
58(13)
Suitors
71(14)
Miss Rose
85(15)
Love
100(19)
PART TWO 1848-1849
The News
119(20)
The Farewell
139(14)
Fourth Son
153(17)
Tao Chi'en
170(29)
The Voyage
199(23)
The Argonauts
222(25)
The Secret
247(22)
PART THREE 1850-1853
El Dorado
269(18)
Business Dealings
287(13)
Soiled Doves
300(15)
Disillusion
315(22)
Singsong Girls
337(18)
Joaquin
355(12)
An Unusual Pair
367

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