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Phillip Margulies
Hardcover | Pages: 608 pages Rating: 3.85 | 3167 Users | 492 Reviews
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| Title | : | Belle Cora |
| Author | : | Phillip Margulies |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 608 pages |
| Published | : | January 7th 2014 by Doubleday |
| Categories | : | Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance |
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Based loosely on the life of the 19th-century prostitute of the same name, the book is written in the form of a two-volume memoir by one of San Francisco’s richest and most revered dowagers. In it, the heroine tells the story of her moral fall and material rise over the course of the century, carrying her from the farms, mills, drawing rooms (and bedrooms) of New York to the California gold rush.Be Specific About Books As Belle Cora
| Original Title: | Belle Cora |
| ISBN: | 0385532768 (ISBN13: 9780385532761) |
| Edition Language: | English |
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Ratings: 3.85 From 3167 Users | 492 ReviewsWrite Up Out Of Books Belle Cora
An amazing book about an amazing woman and loosely based on a real life 19th century prostitute. How does one go from being a well sought out prostitute to a dowager of stellar reputation on San Francisco's Nob Hill?In this novel, written as a two part memoir the reader finds out exactly how this happened. Generally I am not a big fan of first person narrations, but in this book it worked wonderfully well. Belle is an amazing woman, of unquestionable strength and her story is engaging andWow. It is possible for a 600-page book to be a lightning fast read as well as way too short. Belle Cora is the fictional autobiography of a New York City merchants daughter, a farm girl, a millworker, a prostitute, a madam, a killer, a missionary, a spirit medium, a respectable society matron I guess you need 600 pages for all of that! Though there really was a San Francisco Madam named Belle Cora, the author says all details are purely fictional, other than the greater historical context in
I loved this book of the Madam Belle Cora. It was such a fascinating look at a part of American history with characters that came to life on the page. Belle Cora -- or Arabella Goodwin -- did not have an easy life and yet despite that she defines the modern woman. She picks herself up and makes her own way in the world. Like most of us she loves with all of her heart and experiences losses. As I closed the cover on this 600-page book, I was wiping away tears. Margulies orchestrated an emotional
Impeccably researched. And I found many turns of phrasing remarkable, making me stop and ponder the beauty of the thought. However, this story became far too lengthy. A wonderful story, it grew unwieldy by its midpoint. I made myself keep reading because it was part of my book club, and admittedly the pace picked up at the 3/4 mark and became quite appealing, but getting there was difficult. A remarkable writer, but the publisher should have edited this book down by at least a third. At that
Wordy with some very unrealistic character twists; but interesting picture of the late 19th century in America and some very interesting moral philosophy.
This book promised much, and if I'd been able to wade through the beginning, maybe it delivered. This book made, as far as I got (25%), a great argument against chronological retelling. The author's promises, hinted at from the cover (a shapely corseted midriff) to the first pages, of a spicey San Francisco tale of a woman liberated before her time, immediately devolved into a plodding recounting of a tough immigrant New York childhood. By the time our heroine was in the home of upstate New York
I'm amazed how well this story was woven that I couldn't not become a part of as I read. Belle came alive. I truly felt that her life could have happened. It's always amazes me when I come a crossed a book that makes me wonder if a book has based its main character on someone in real life. This book did that I actually looked up all of Belle's names to see if she was person outside of the book. Her life and trails and all that she overcame just pulled me into her story. I became the bystander in
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