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Daughter of Fortune

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Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valpara铆so, 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 Joaqu铆n 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. Joaqu铆n takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him.

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 Joaqu铆n 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.

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First published January 1, 1998

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Isabel Allende

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Isabel Allende Llona is a Chilean-American novelist. Allende, who writes in the "magic realism" tradition, is considered one of the first successful women novelists in Latin America. She has written novels based in part on her own experiences, often focusing on the experiences of women, weaving myth and realism together. She has lectured and done extensive book tours and has taught literature at several US colleges. She currently resides in California with her husband. Allende adopted U.S. citizenship in 2003.

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According to Isabel Allende, the timeless tale she weaves in House of the Spirits begins with the story of Eliza Sommers in Daughter of Fortune. Eliza Sommers is found in a basket as a newborn baby at the Valparaiso, Chile home of Jeremy and Rose Sommers (brother and sister). Rose is only 20 years old but resigned to spinsterhood and immediately feels compassion for the child, takes her in, and decides to raise her like a daughter, much to the admonition of her brother.

We fast forward our tale 16 years. Rose has brought up Eliza to be a young lady worthy of English aristocracy. Eliza has also spent time in the presence of the Del Valle family of Chilean upper class who will play a role in the entire trilogy. Yet, she feels stifled in this life others have chosen for her, so when she encounters Joaquin Andieta for the first time, she is instantly smitten. Andieta is a bastard child with no future in Chile and succumbs to gold fever, leaving for California. He leaves Eliza pregnant, so she decides to take all the jewels meant for her trousseau and runs away from home, determined to find her lover.

The second half of the novel takes place in California in Eliza's futile attempt to find Andieta. While a stowaway on a ship, she miscarries and is nursed back to health by a Chinese doctor named Tao Chi'en, who later becomes her life companion. Tao determines that Eliza should dress like a Chinese boy so as not to be discovered, thus beginning their life in America.

I enjoyed the historical aspects of life during the California gold rush. Still primarily a wild west inhabited by native Americans, California attracts people from all over the world in search of fortune: Chinese, Russians, Australians, Chileans, Peruvians, Mexicans, as well as people from the eastern half of the United States. Because the majority of gold seekers were men, prostitutes struck it rich as well. Eliza posing as a male piano player joins a traveling prostitution troop while Tao makes a name for himself as a healer in Chinatown in San Francisco.

While the fortune alluded to in the title could refer to gold, it could also mean the American Dream. During the 1850s, Tao faced a bleak future in China as a fourth son, yet emerges in California as a respected member of society. Eliza would have been subservient to a husband in Chile, but works as Tao's assistant and harbors a dream of opening a French patisserie. Meanwhile Paulina de la Santa Cruz nee Del Valle operates a successful steamship company transporting produce and high culture from Chile to California financially independent of her husband. Additionally, Allende briefly touches on the interracial romance of Eliza and Tao, which would not have been tolerated in their home countries, yet accepted in a melting pot society like that of 1850s California.

The end of the novel leaves me looking forward to reading its sequel A Portrait in Sepia. It is supposed to bridge the gap between the lives of Eliza and Paulina with the childhood of Clara in House of the Spirits. Because the second half of the book takes place in California rather than Chile, it is devoid of magical realism. This demonstrates to me that Allende is a gifted storyteller in many genres. I am looking forward to completing the trilogy once more and witnesses how she ties all of these stories together.
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廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 鬲賳鬲賯賱 亘賽賳賻丕 賲賳 賲丿賷賳丞 氐睾賷乇丞 毓賱賶 爻賵丕丨賱 鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賵丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱鬲賷 兀爻爻鬲 賲丿賷賳丞 爻丕賳 賮锟斤拷丕賳爻賷爻賰賵.

賲賳 丕賱氐賷賳 丕賱賶 兀賵乇賵亘丕 丕賱賶 鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱賶 兀賲乇賷賰丕 乇丨賱丞 匕賱賰 丕賱氐賷賳賷 丕賱胤賷亘 賵乇賮賷賯 丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗.

亘兀爻賱賵亘 賲卮賵賯 賲鬲賱賴賮 賵賳丨賳 賳賯乇兀 賴匕賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲乇賷丿 丕賳 鬲鬲乇賰賴丕 賵匕賱賰 賱鬲鬲丕亘毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賲毓 賵氐賮 乇丕卅毓 賱胤亘賷毓丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱卮毓賵亘 賲禺鬲賱賮丞 鬲噩賲毓鬲 賰賱賴丕 賮賷 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕 賱鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱匕賴亘 賵鬲兀爻爻 賲丿賳 賵賯乇賶 賱賲 鬲賰賳 賲毓乇賵賮丞 賲賳 賯亘賱 .

賴賲噩賷丞 丕賱丕賳爻丕賳 賵噩卮毓賴 賵鬲丨賰賲 丕賱睾乇丕卅夭 亘賴 鬲噩毓賱賴 賷賮賯丿 賰賱 賲丕 鬲毓亘 賵兀噩賴丿 賳賮爻賴 賮賷 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳賴 賲賳 丕噩賱 廿卮亘丕毓 睾乇賷夭鬲賴 .

賲賵鬲 賵賯鬲賱 賵噩乇丕卅賲 亘卮毓丞 賮賷 匕賱賰 丕賱毓氐乇 丨賷孬 賱丕 賯丕賳賵賳 賵賱丕 賳馗丕賲貙 賮賯胤 賮賵囟賶 毓丕乇賲賴 鬲噩鬲丕丨 丕賱爻丕丨賱 丕賱睾乇亘賷 賱丕賲乇賷賰丕.

噩賲賷賱丞 噩丿丕
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賯乇兀鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓卮丕賳 丕賱鬲賯賷賷賲丕鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 賰丕賳鬲 毓丕賱賷丞 噩丿丕賸..亘爻 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 兀賳丕 賲賳亘賴乇鬲卮 賷毓賳賷..
賯氐丞 丨亘 鬲丕賮賴丞 ..兀丨丿丕孬 賲賲賱丞 賵賰賳鬲 毓丕賵夭丕賴丕 鬲禺賱氐 亘兀賷 卮賰賱 賲賳 賰鬲乇 丕賱夭賴賯 丕賱賱賷 兀賳丕 賮賷賴!
賮賷賴丕 鬲胤賵賷賱 亘夭賷丕丿丞 賱丿乇噩丞 廿賳 賰丕賳 賲賲賰賳 賳卮賷賱 佟贍贍 氐賮丨丞 賲賳賴丕 賵賲賰丕賳鬲卮 丕賱乇丕賵賷丞 丨鬲鬲兀孬乇 兀賵賷..

丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賴賳丕 鬲毓鬲亘乇 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 孬賱丕孬賷丞 賵 賮賷 丕賱睾丕賱亘 賰丿丞 賲卮 丨賯乇兀 亘賯賷丞 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍..
兀賵賱 賯乇丕亍丞 賱廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵亘丿丕賷丞 睾賷乇 賲卮噩毓丞 亘丕賱賲乇丞..亘爻 兀毓鬲賯丿 賯賱賲賴丕 兀賰賷丿 賲丨鬲丕噩 賲賳賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 兀禺乇賷 賷賵賲丕賸 賲丕..
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December 18, 2021
Hija de la Fortuna = Daughter of Fortune, Isabel Allende

Daughter of Fortune is a novel by Isabel Allende, It was published first in Spanish in 1998. Isabel Allende says "of her female protagonist in Daughter of Fortune, Eliza, that she might well represent who the author might have been in another life."

Allende spent seven years of research on this, her fifth novel, which she says is a story of a young woman's search for self-knowledge.

In Chile during the 1840's, Eliza Sommers is a young Chilean girl raised and educated by English Anglican siblings Victorian spinster Rose and strict Jeremy Sommers, and their sailor brother John Sommers, who are expats living in the port of Valparaiso, ever since they found her on their doorstep, and taught in the art of cooking by the Mapuche Indian Mama Fresia.

Over most of Part I, Eliza's origins and upbringing, and her maturity are told. Eliza falls in love with Joaquin Andieta, a young Chilean man who is concerned about his mother who is living in poverty. The young couple have an affair, ultimately resulting in Eliza getting pregnant.

Soon, news of gold being discovered in California reaches Chile, and Joaquin goes out to California in search of a fortune. Wanting to follow her lover, Eliza goes to California, with the help of Chinese zhong yi (physician), Tao Chi'en, who later becomes her friend, in the bowels of a ship headed by a Dutch Lutheran captain, Vincent Katz. ...

鬲丕乇蹖禺 賳禺爻鬲蹖賳 禺賵丕賳卮: 乇賵夭 丿賵丕夭丿賴賲 賲丕賴 賳賵丕賲亘乇 爻丕賱2002賲蹖賱丕丿蹖

毓賳賵丕賳: 丿禺鬲乇 亘禺鬲貨 賳賵蹖爻賳丿賴: 丕蹖夭丕亘賱 丌賱賳丿賴貨 賲鬲乇噩賲: 丕爻丿丕賱賱賴 丕賲乇丕蹖蹖貨 賵蹖乇丕爻鬲丕乇 睾賱丕賲丨爻蹖賳 爻丕賱賲蹖貨 鬲賴乇丕賳貙 鬲賳丿蹖爻貙 爻丕賱1379貨 丿乇431氐貨 賳賯卮賴貨 趩丕倬 爻賵賲 爻丕賱1381貨 趩丕倬 趩賴丕乇賲 爻丕賱1383貨 趩丕倬 倬賳噩賲 爻丕賱1386貨 卮丕亘讴9789649198477貨 趩丕倬賴丕蹖 賴賮鬲賲 賵 賴卮鬲賲 爻丕賱1392貨 賲賵囟賵毓: 丿丕爻鬲丕賳賴丕蹖 賳賵蹖爻賳丿诏丕賳 卮蹖賱蹖 丿乇 丌賲乇蹖讴丕蹖 賱丕鬲蹖賳 - 爻丿賴20賲

丿丕爻鬲丕賳 芦丕賱蹖夭丕禄貙 丿禺鬲乇蹖 爻乇 乇丕賴蹖貙 丿乇 芦卮蹖賱蹖禄 丕爻鬲貨 丕賵 乇丕 丿賲 丿乇 禺丕賳賴 蹖 禺賵丕賴乇 賵 亘乇丕丿乇蹖 芦丕賳诏賱蹖爻蹖禄 鬲亘丕乇貙 賵 賲噩乇丿 賵 倬賵賱丿丕乇貙 亘丕 賳丕賲賴丕蹖 芦乇夭禄 賵 芦噩乇賲蹖禄 賲蹖诏匕丕乇賳丿貨 芦乇夭禄貙 芦丕賱蹖夭丕禄 乇丕 賮乇夭賳丿 禺賵丕賳丿賴 蹖 禺賵蹖卮 賲蹖讴賳丿貨 芦丕賱蹖夭丕禄 丿乇 丌賳 禺丕賳賵丕丿賴 爻乇卮賳丕爻 亘夭乇诏貙 賵 丿乇 賳賵噩賵丕賳蹖貙 毓丕卮賯 芦禺賵丕讴蹖賳禄 賲蹖卮賵丿貙 賵 ...貨 爻倬爻 亘賴 芦丌賲乇蹖讴丕禄 賲蹖诏乇蹖夭丿 賵 ...貨

卮禺氐蹖鬲賴丕蹖 亘爻蹖丕乇 芦丿禺鬲乇 亘禺鬲禄 賴乇 讴丿丕賲 賱丨馗丕鬲蹖 賲蹖丿乇禺卮賳丿貙 賵 爻倬爻 丕夭 賳賮爻 賲蹖丕賮鬲賳丿貙 賵 噩丕蹖 禺賵蹖卮 乇丕 亘賴 丿蹖诏乇丕賳 賲蹖丿賴賳丿貨 丕蹖賳 賳賵卮鬲丕乇 诏丕賴 禺賵丕賳卮诏乇 乇丕 诏丕賴 亘賴 蹖丕丿 鬲讴 诏賵蹖蹖 芦賲讴亘孬禄貙 丿乇 爻賵诏 芦賱蹖丿蹖 賲讴亘孬禄 賲蹖丕賳丿丕夭丿貨

鬲丕乇蹖禺 亘賴賳诏丕賲 乇爻丕賳蹖 27/10/1399賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 26/09/1400賴噩乇蹖 禺賵乇卮蹖丿蹖貨 丕. 卮乇亘蹖丕賳蹖
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廿賳 賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱兀丿亘 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷 爻丨乇賴 丕賱禺丕氐 賵 賱賯乇丕亍丞 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 爻丨乇賴 丕賱禺丕氐 兀賷囟丕賸.
賮賲丕 乇兀賷賰 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲噩賲毓 亘賷賳 丕賱丕孬賳賷賳 亘兀爻賱賵亘 噩賲賷賱 賷兀禺匕賰 賱乇丨賱丞 夭賲賳賷丞 丿乇丕賲賷丞 亘賷賳 孬賱丕孬丞 兀賲丕賰賳听 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲 鬲卮賷賱賷 賵 丕賱氐賷賳 賵 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕 .

鬲賯毓 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賮賷 賮鬲乇丞 1840 亘丿丕賷丞 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷 毓賳丿賲丕 賷爻鬲賯亘賱 丌賱 爻賵乇賲賷夭- 兀氐丨丕亘 丕賱兀氐賱 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷- 胤賮賱丞 賮賷 氐賳丿賵賯 氐丕亘賵賳 乇丿賷卅 兀賵 賮賷 爻賱丞 賮禺賲丞 賱賳 賳毓乇賮 亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 廿賱丕 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞.

鬲乇亘賷 丕賱爻賷丿丞 乇賵夭 爻賵乇賲賷夭 丕賱胤賮賱丞 賵 鬲毓鬲亘乇賴丕 胤賮賱鬲賴丕 賵 鬲爻賲賷賴丕 廿賱夭丕 賵 賱鬲毓賵囟賴丕 毓賳 卮睾賮 丕賱兀賲賵賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨賱賲鬲 亘賴.

賵 賱賳鬲毓乇賮 賮賷 胤乇賷賯賳丕 毓賱賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賰孬賷乇丞 賵 賰賱 賲賳賴丕 賷氐賱丨 賱賷氐賷乇 乇賵丕賷丞 亘匕丕鬲賴.

鬲鬲毓乇囟 廿賱夭丕 賮賷 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賱鬲賯賱亘丕鬲 賵 兀胤賵丕乇 毓丿賷丿丞 貙 鬲禺囟毓 廿賱夭丕 賱鬲乇亘賷丞 丕乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賷丞 賯丕爻賷丞 貙 鬲賯毓 廿賱夭丕 賮賷 丕賱丨亘 貙 鬲丨賱賲 廿賱夭丕 亘丕賱賴乇賵亘 貙 鬲睾賷乇 廿賱夭丕 賴賷兀鬲賴丕 賱乇噩賱 貙 賰賲 賲乇丞 鬲鬲毓乇囟 賴匕賴 丕賱賮鬲丕丞 - 丕賱鬲賷 毓丕卮鬲 丨賷丕丞 丕賱兀孬乇賷丕亍- 賱賱賯鬲賱 賲賳 兀噩賱 賵噩亘丞 毓卮丕亍 賰賱 匕賱賰 賮賷 廿胤丕乇 兀丿亘賷 鬲丕乇賷禺賷.
"廿賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲毓丿 賯丕丿乇丞 毓賱賷 丕賱鬲禺賱賷 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱兀噩賳丨丞 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賳賲賵 毓賱賷 賰鬲賮賴丕..."

"廿賳賳賷 兀噩丿 賯賵賷 噩丿賷丿丞 亘丿丕禺賱賷 貙 乇亘賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲賵噩賵丿丞 賱丿賷 丿丕卅賲丕 賱賰賳賳賷 賱賲 兀毓乇賮賴丕 賱兀賳賳賷 賱賲 兀賰賳 亘丨丕噩丞 賱丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲賴丕 賲賳 賯亘賱"

賵 賳毓賷卮 賲毓賴丕 丌賱丕賲賴丕 賵 兀丨賱丕賲賴丕 賵 賳賰鬲卮賮 兀爻乇丕乇賴丕 賵 兀爻乇丕乇 賲賳 丨賵賱賴丕 賮賴賱 爻鬲氐賱 賮賷 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 賱賲丕 鬲爻毓賷 賵 鬲丨賱賲 亘賴責

丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賯亘丞 丕賱夭賲賳賷丞
亘賷賳 鬲卮賷賱賷 賵 賲賵丕賳卅賴丕 丕賱賯匕乇丞.
丕賱氐賷賳 賵 毓丕丿丕鬲賴丕 丕賱睾乇賷亘丞 賵 丕賱毓丿賵丕賳 丕賱亘乇賷胤丕賳賷 毓賱賷賴丕.
賵 丨購賲賷 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱鬲賷 噩毓賱鬲 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 賲卅丞 丕賱賮 賲賴丕噩乇 賷氐賱 賱賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕 亘丨孬丕 毓賳賴 賵 賰賲 丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 賵 丕賱丕囟胤賴丕丿 丕賱亘睾賷囟 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 丕爻賲毓 毓賳賴 亘賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賲賳 賯亘賱.


鬲乇賶 賮賷賴丕 丕賱睾乇丕卅夭 丕賱亘卮乇賷丞貙 丕賱胤賲毓 賵 丕賱噩卮毓 賵 丕賱卮賴賵丞 賵 賮賷 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲 丕賱胤賷亘丞 賵 丕賱卮賴丕賲丞 鬲兀禺匕賰 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賱毓丕賱賲 丌禺乇 丨賷孬 賲賳丕噩賲 丕賱匕賴亘 賵 丕賱丨丕賳丕鬲 賵 丕賱賲乇丕賰亘 丕賱卮乇丕毓賷丞 賵 丕賱亘禺丕乇賷丞 .

"賷亘丿賵 賱賷 兀賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕 噩卅賳丕 賳亘丨孬 毓賳 卮賷卅 貙 賵 賵噩丿賳丕 卮賷卅丕 丌禺乇."

丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱賯氐丞 乇睾賲 賰孬乇鬲賴丕 賵 賰孬乇丞 鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴丕 賮廿賳賰 鬲賯毓 賮賷 丨亘賴丕 賲亘丕卮乇丞 賵 賴匕賴 賯丿乇丞 毓噩賷亘丞 賲賳 賯丿乇丕鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞.

丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲鬲氐賱丞 亘丕賱賵丕賯毓 賵 賴賳丕賰 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丨賯賷賯賷丞 賲賳賴丕 :

- 禺賵丕賰賷賳 賲賵乇賷賷鬲丕 賵 賰丕賳 賲賳 兀卮賴乇 賯胤丕毓 丕賱胤乇賯 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賵賯鬲.
賵 鬲賲 丕賯鬲亘丕爻 卮禺氐賷丞 夭賵乇賵 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞 賲賳賴.


-爻丕賲 亘乇賳丕賳 賵 賴賵 賲賳 兀卮賴乇 丕賱氐丨賮賷賷賳 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷賷賳 賵 兀賵賱 賲賳 賰鬲亘 毓賳 賵噩賵丿 丕賱匕賴亘 賮賷 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕 賵 兀賳賰 鬲鬲毓孬乇 賮賷賴 丕賷賳賲丕 匕賴亘鬲.



兀賰孬乇 賲丕 囟丕賷賯賳賷 賰孬乇丞 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱乇賴賷亘丞 毓賳 賰賱 卮賷卅 乇睾賲 兀賳賴丕 兀毓噩亘鬲賳賷 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱賲賵丕賯賮 賵 賱賰賳 賰丕賳鬲 夭丕卅丿丞 毓賳 丕賱丨丿 賮賷 丕賱賲毓馗賲 賱丿乇噩丞 丕賳 丕賱賯氐丞 丕賱兀氐賱賷丞 賱丕 鬲鬲毓丿賷 丕賱200 氐賮丨丞.
賵 賱賰賳 賰孬乇丞 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賰丕賳 毓丕賲賱丕賸 賱賷禺賱賯 賴匕丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丕賱卮丕爻毓 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賱丕 卮賰.

丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘賴丕 賲賵丕賯賮 噩乇賷卅丞 賵 睾賷乇 賱丕卅賯丞.

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賯丕賱賵丕 賱賴丕 兀賳賴賲 賵噩丿賵賴丕 氐亘賷丨丞 兀丨丿 丕賱兀賷丕賲 亘丿丕禺賱 氐賳丿賵賯 賱賱氐丕亘賵賳貙 賮賷賲丕 鬲丐賰丿 賲乇亘賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賴賳丿賷丞 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲毓賱賵賲丞 睾賷乇 丿賯賷賯丞 亘丕賱賲乇丞貙 兀賲丕 賴賷 賮賱賲 鬲賰賳 鬲賴鬲賲 亘亘丿丕賷丞 賯氐鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賲丕囟賷 亘賯丿乇 丕賴鬲賲丕賲賴丕 亘賲丕 賴賷 毓賱賷賴 賮賷 丕賱丨丕囟乇 賵賲丕 賷賳鬲馗乇賴丕 賮賷 丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱丕賲鬲賳丕賳 賵丕賱爻毓丕丿丞 亘賮囟賱 丨賳丕賳 賵乇毓丕賷丞 賰賱丕 賲賳 賲乇亘賷鬲賴丕 丕賱賴賳丿賷丞 (賮爻賷賱賷爻賷丕) 賵兀賲賴丕 亘丕賱鬲亘賳賷( 乇賵夭). 賰亘乇鬲 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 (廿賱夭丕) 亘胤賱丞 丨賰丕賷鬲賳丕 賮賷 賰賳賮 毓丕卅賱丞 (爻賵賲賷乇夭) 亘丿丕禺賱 廿丨丿賶 丨丕乇丕鬲 賲丿賷賳丞 (亘丕賱亘丕乇丕爻賷賵) 丕賱賯丕亘毓丞 賮賷 (鬲卮賷賱賷) 賮賷 亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇貙 鬲毓賱賲鬲賿 兀氐賵賱 丕賱兀丿亘 賵丕賱賱賷丕賯丞 賰賲丕 鬲賯鬲囟賷賴丕 毓丕丿丕鬲 賵鬲賯丕賱賷丿 賴匕丕 丕賱毓氐乇 賵亘兀賮囟賱 賲丕 賷賰賵賳貙 賮賰丕賳鬲 兀賲賴丕 ( 乇賵夭) 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱丕賲鬲賳丕賳 賱乇亘賴丕 丕賱匕賷 毓賵囟賴丕 毓賳 丨乇賲丕賳賴丕 賲賳 丕賱夭賵丕噩 賰亘丕賯賷 丕賱賳爻丕亍 亘賴匕賴 丕賱丕亘賳丞 丕賱胤賷亘丞. 毓賳丿賲丕 鬲禺胤鬲 (廿賱夭丕) 丨丕噩夭 丕賱胤賮賵賱丞 丕賱亘乇賷卅丞 賵丿禺賱鬲 毓丕賱賲 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞 丕賱賲鬲兀噩噩 亘賳賷乇丕賳 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲 賵丕賱乇睾亘丞貙 賲丕 賰丕賳 賱賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賳 鬲賳丕賱 賳氐賷亘賴丕: 賳氐賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱兀賳賵孬丞貙 賳氐賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱丨乇賷丞貙 賵賳氐賷亘賴丕 賲賳 丕賱丨亘. 賮賵乇 兀賳 丨賱賾 丕賱丨亘貙 丨賱鬲 賲毓賴 賳賯胤丞 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 丕賱賲毓鬲丕丿丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賮氐賱 丨賷丕丞 賰賱 賲賳 賷噩乇毓 賰兀爻賴 廿賱賶 賳氐賮賷賳: 賳氐賮 賲丕 賯亘賱 丕賱丨亘 賵賳氐賮 賲丕 亘毓丿賴貙 賵賰賱丕 丕賱賳氐賮賷賳 賱丕 賷乇亘胤 亘賷賳賴賲丕 爻賵賶 賯賱亘賽 氐睾賷乇 毓丕卮賯 賱賱丨賷丕丞 賰賯賱亘 噩賲賷賱鬲賳丕.. 廿賱夭丕.

賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 賱賲 鬲爻鬲賲乇 賰賲丕 賳鬲賲賳賶貙 賱兀賳 丕賱賯丕毓丿丞 鬲賯賵賱 兀賳賴 賱賰賷 鬲賰賵賳 賯氐丞 丕賱丨亘 賳丕噩丨丞貙 賷噩亘 兀賳 鬲賲乇 亘丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱氐毓丕亘 兀賵賱賸丕. 丕賱氐毓丕亘 賴賳丕 賰丕賳鬲 鬲鬲賲丨賵乇 丨賵賱 丕賱賮乇丕賯貙 賮廿匕丕 亘賭(廿賱夭丕) 丕賱鬲賷 匕丕賯 賯賱亘賴丕 丨賱丕賵丞 丕賱丨亘 賵賳賷乇丕賳 丕賱賮乇丕賯 鬲鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 兀賳孬賶 噩丕賲丨丞貙 賱丕 賷賯賮 兀賲丕賲賴丕 兀賷 卮賷亍 賮賷 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賶 賳氐賮賴丕 丕賱丌禺乇 兀賷賳賲丕 賷賰賵賳. 睾丕丿乇鬲 (廿賱夭丕) 毓卮賾賴丕 丕賱氐睾賷乇 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 鬲鬲賵賯毓 賷賵賲賸丕 兀賳 鬲亘鬲毓丿 毓賳賴 賱賲爻丕賮丞 禺胤賵丕鬲貙 賮廿匕丕 亘賴丕 鬲毓亘乇 亘丨丕乇賸丕 賵賲丨賷胤丕鬲 爻毓賷賸丕 賵乇丕亍 丨亘賷亘賴丕.

賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱賵賯鬲 賰丕賳鬲 丨購賲賾賶 丕賱鬲賳賯賷亘 毓賳 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱賲賰鬲卮賮 丨丿賷孬賸丕 賮賷 (爻丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賷爻賰賵) 賯丿 亘賱睾鬲 兀賯氐賶 賲乇丕丨賱 鬲兀噩噩賴丕貙 丨賷孬 丕賳鬲卮乇鬲 丕賱兀禺亘丕乇 毓賳 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱賲購賱賯賶 毓賱賶 丕賱兀乇囟 賴賳丕賰 賵賱丕 賷噩丿 賲賳 賷丨賲賱賴貙 賵毓賳 賯胤毓 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱鬲賷 賷氐賱 丨噩賲賴丕 兀丨賷丕賳賸丕 廿賱賶 丨噩賲 氐禺乇丞 賰亘賷乇丞!貙 賵亘毓賷丿賸丕 毓賳 賴匕賴 丕賱賲亘丕賱睾丕鬲 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賴丿賮 廿賱賶 賲夭賷丿 賲賳 丕賱廿睾乇丕亍貙 賰丕賳 丕賱兀賲乇 氐丨賷丨賸丕 廿賱賶 丨丿賺 賰亘賷乇貙 賮賰丕賳鬲 丕賱賴噩乇丞 廿賱賶 兀乇囟 丕賱兀丨賱丕賲 賴匕賴 亘賲孬丕亘丞 丕賱丨賱賲 丕賱兀賰亘乇 賱賱噩賲賷毓貙 賵賲丕 賰丕賳 毓賱賶 丕賱丨亘賷亘 廿賱丕 兀賳 賷賱丨賯 亘丕賱噩賲賵毓 丕賱睾賮賷乇丞 丕賱賲賴丕噩乇丞 賰賷 賷賳丕賱 賳氐賷亘賴 賲賳 丕賱賰賳夭 丕賱孬賲賷賳. 丕賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱匕賷 賱賲 賷購胤乇丨 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵賱賰賳 丕賱賯丕乇卅 爻賷胤乇丨賴 亘賳賮爻賴 賴賵: 賴賱 賴丕噩賻乇 賱賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱匕賴亘 賰賷 賷賰爻亘 賲丕賱賸丕 賷丐賴賱賴 賱賱賮賵夭 亘丨亘賷亘鬲賴貙 兀賲 賷賰爻亘 賲丕賱賸丕 賱賳賮爻賴責.

賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱爻丐丕賱 丕賱匕賷 賷爻賷胤乇 毓賱賷賰 賵兀賳鬲 鬲賯乇兀 賴匕賴 丕賱乇丨賱丞 丕賱囟禺賲丞貙 賮鬲噩丿 賳賮爻賰 賮賷 亘丿丕賷丞 乇丨賱丞 (廿賱夭丕) 鬲鬲爻丕卅賱 毓賳 賲丿賶 兀丨賯賷丞 賴匕丕 丕賱丨亘賷亘 亘賰賱 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳丕亍 丕賱匕賷 鬲亘匕賱賴 賱兀噩賱賴貙 賵賱丕 賷購爻鬲亘毓丿 兀賳 鬲卮毓乇 亘丕賱卮賮賯丞 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱兀賳孬賶 丕賱賲禺丿賵毓丞 賮賷 丨亘賷亘賴丕 賳馗乇賸丕 賱賯賱丞 鬲噩丕乇亘賴丕 賵禺亘乇鬲賴丕 賵賱乇賯丞 賵胤賷亘丞 賯賱亘賴丕 丕賱卮丕亘貙 賵賲毓 鬲賵丕賱賷 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵丕賳丿賲丕噩賰 賮賷 丕賱乇丨賱丞 爻鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀賳 丕賱兀賲乇 賱丕 賷賯鬲氐乇 毓賱賶 賯氐丞 丨亘 賵乇丨賱丞 亘丨孬 毓賳 丨亘賷亘 賮賯胤貙 丕賱兀賲乇 兀賰亘乇 賵兀賰孬乇 毓賲賯賸丕 賲賳 匕賱賰.

廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷貙 亘兀爻賱賵亘 賲賳 兀毓匕亘 賲丕 賯乇兀鬲貙 鬲賮乇囟 毓賱賷賰 兀賳 鬲購爻賱賲 夭賲丕賲 毓賯賱賰 賵賵毓賷賰 賱賴丕貙 賮鬲兀禺匕賰 賲毓賴丕 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 賲毓 亘胤賱鬲賴丕 賱鬲賳賯賱賰 賲賳 賲賰丕賳 賱丌禺乇貙 賲賳 亘賱丿 賱亘賱丿 賵賲賳 賯丕乇丞 賱賯丕乇丞貙 賵鬲賮氐賱賰 毓賳 賵丕賯毓賰 亘賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱賲賴丕乇丞貙 賮鬲賲乇賾 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 鬲亘丕毓賸丕 賵兀賳鬲 賮賷 睾丕賷丞 丕賱丕爻鬲賲鬲丕毓 亘丕賱乇丨賱丞貙 賵賰賱賲丕 鬲毓賲賯鬲 兀賰孬乇 賰賱賲丕 丕賰鬲卮锟斤拷鬲 毓亘孬賷丞 爻丐丕賱賰 賮賷 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 毓賳 賲丿賶 兀賴賲賷丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賲賳 丕賱兀爻丕爻貙 賵爻賷夭丿丕丿 丕賱賷賯賷賳 賱丿賷賰 亘兀賳 乇丨賱丞 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱丨亘賷亘 賱賲 鬲賰賵賳 爻賵賶 胤毓賲 氐睾賷乇 兀賱賴鬲賰 亘賴 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賮賷 爻亘賷賱 丕賱賵氐賵賱 賱賴丿賮賴丕 丕賱兀爻賲賶 賲賳 丕賱丨賰丕賷丞貙 賵乇睾賲 兀賳 丕賱廿噩丕亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 馗賱賱鬲賻 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳賴丕 賵鬲賳鬲馗乇賴丕 胤賵賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 爻鬲兀鬲賷 賲毓 丌禺乇 爻胤乇 賮賷 丌禺乇 氐賮丨丞 亘丕賱囟亘胤貙 賮賷 爻賷胤乇丞 賲亘賴乇丞 賲賳 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 毓賱賶 禺胤賵胤 丕賱丨亘賰丞貙 廿賱丕 兀賳賰 丨賷賳 鬲氐賱 廿賱賷賴丕 爻鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀賳賴丕 賱賲 鬲賰賳 爻賵賶 鬲丨氐賷賱 丨丕氐賱 賮賷 賲賯丕亘賱 賲丕 丨氐賱鬲 毓賱賷賴 賲賳 兀爻卅賱丞 賵兀噩賵亘丞 兀禺乇賶 兀賰孬乇 毓賲賯賸丕 賵兀賰孬乇 噩賲丕賱賸丕.

賲丨丕賵賱丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱乇丨賱丞 賵亘丕賯賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱賲賱丨賲賷丞 丕賱囟禺賲丞 兀賲乇 氐毓亘 賱賱睾丕賷丞貙 賮賲賳 噩賴丞貙 賷氐毓亘 丕賱丨丿賷孬 毓賳賴丕 亘丿賵賳 丨乇賯 賲丕 賱丕 賷噩亘 丨乇賯賴貙 賵賲賳 噩賴丞 兀禺乇賶 賱丕 兀乇睾亘 賮賷 丕賱賰卮賮 毓賳 兀賷 兀亘毓丕丿 兀禺乇賶 賱亘丕賯賷 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 亘賲賳 賮賷賴賲 乇賮賷賯 亘胤賱鬲賳丕 丕賱胤亘賷亘 丕賱氐賷賳賷 丕賱卮丕亘 丕賱匕賷 兀毓鬲亘乇賴 賲賳 兀噩賲賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 乇兀賷鬲賴丕. 賷丕 爻丕丿丞貙 賴賳丕賰 锟斤拷丨乇賹 禺賮賷賾 賷賰賲賳 賮賷 丕爻鬲賰卮丕賮 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 亘兀賳賮爻賰賲貙 賵賲鬲毓丞 丕賱乇丨賱丞 鬲賰賲賳 賮賷 禺賵囟賰賲 賱賴丕 賱丕 賮賷 兀賳 兀丨賰賷 賱賰賲 毓賳賴丕.

毓亘賯乇賷丞 丕賱賮賰乇丞 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賴丿賮 廿賱賷賴丕 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賲賳 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 鬲鬲卮賰賱 乇賵賷丿賸丕 乇賵賷丿賸丕 賵鬲氐賱 廿賱賶 賲乇丨賱丞 丕賱賳囟噩 賯亘賱 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 亘氐賮丨丕鬲 賯賱賷賱丞貙 賮賰丕賳鬲 丌禺乇 氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 兀毓匕亘 賵兀噩賲賱 賲丕 賷賰賵賳貙 賵兀賲丕 毓賳 丕賱賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 賵囟毓鬲 丕賱廿噩丕亘丞 丕賱鬲賷 胤丕賱 丕賳鬲馗丕乇賴丕 賲鬲亘賵毓丞 亘賳賯胤丞 丕賱鬲賲丕賲貙 賮氐丿賯賸丕 賰丕賳鬲 噩賲賷賱丞 賱丿乇噩丞 兀賳賷 馗賱賱鬲 兀亘鬲爻賲 賱丿賯丕卅賯 賲毓丿賵丿丞 賲賳 兀孬乇 丕賱賳卮賵丞 丕賱鬲賷 丨氐賱鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 賮賷賲丕 兀賲丕乇爻 毓丕丿丞 丕賱爻乇丨丕賳 賲毓 爻賯賮 睾乇賮鬲賷 丕賱兀孬賷乇丞貙 賵賴賷 丕賱丨丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀賲乇賾 亘賴丕 亘毓丿 賰賱 乇丨賱丞 鬲賲鬲毓賳賷 廿賱賶 丿乇噩丞 賷氐毓亘 賵氐賮賴丕 亘丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲.

爻鬲禺賵囟 丕賱乇丨賱丞貙 爻鬲丨亘 ( 廿賱夭丕)貙 賵爻鬲丨亘 賰賱 賲丕 賷丿賵乇 丨賵賱 (廿賱夭丕) 賲賳 鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賵卮禺氐賷丕鬲. 爻鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 廿噩丕亘丕鬲貙 賵兀孬賳丕亍 亘丨孬賰 毓賳賴丕 爻鬲賳爻賶 鬲爻丕丐賱丕鬲賰 賲乇丕乇賸丕 賲賳 賮乇胤 丕賳丿賲丕噩賰貙 賵爻鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀賳賴 兀丨賷丕賳賸丕 賳匕賴亘 賱賱亘丨孬 毓賳 卮賷亍 賲丕貙 賮廿匕丕 亘賳丕 賳氐賱 賱卮賷亍 丌禺乇貙 卮賷亍 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳鬲兀賲賱 乇丨賱鬲賳丕 丕賱鬲賷 禺囟賳丕賴丕 賮賷 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賲賳 丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 賱賱賳賴丕賷丞貙 賲鬲爻丕卅賱賷賳 毓賳 噩丿賵賶 賲丕 亘匕賱賳丕賴 爻毓賷賸丕 賵乇丕亍 爻乇丕亘 兀賴丿丕賮賳丕貙 賵毓賳 噩丿賵賶 賴匕賴 丕賱兀賴丿丕賮 賲賳 丕賱兀爻丕爻貙 賵賲賯鬲賳毓賷賳 亘兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 賱丕 鬲毓胤賷 丕賱賲乇亍 賲丕 賷乇賷丿貙 亘賱 賲丕 鬲乇賷丿賴
賵賲丕 鬲乇賷丿賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賱賳丕 賯丿 賷賰賵賳 兀噩賲賱 亘賰孬賷乇 賲賳 賰賱 賲丕 鬲賲賳賷賳丕賴.



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2,262 reviews1,161 followers
March 7, 2025
This work is an exciting historical novel in which we find a young Chilean woman of English education, Eliza Sommers. In 1849, when gold was discovered in California, she lived in Valparaiso. Still, when her lover, Joaquin Andieta, leaves in search of fortune, she follows him and finds herself in the basement of a ship, willing to do anything to regain the love of his life. The infernal voyage and the search for a lover in a land of prostitutes and lonely men exalted by the gold fever make this young woman an unusual woman with only the help and affection of Tao Chi'en, a Chinese doctor. This work portrays a time marked by violence and greed in a universe populated by characters that remain forever in our memory.
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3,840 reviews2,587 followers
February 1, 2020
It took me a long time to read this book. It was not the number of pages that got to me, but the number of words Allende packs into a page, and the fact that she arranges them all so beautifully you have to be careful not to miss one of them. Her writing is stunning so why only three stars?

I enjoyed the story very much especially the first half when it is set in Chile. Later when the book moves to San Francisco during the Gold Rush, it becomes more of a history of life in those times and very little happens for many pages. Events which could have been tense and exciting lose something from the fact that the author makes it clear very early on what the outcome of the book will be.

There were some excellent characters especially Tao Chi'en. Allende also includes a number of amazing, strong women all remarkable for a period when women usually lived very restricted lives. Then she ruined it by making them lose all sense of logic and reason when they fell in love with totally unsuitable people.

For me then - a good book, beautifully written but I definitely liked more!
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495 reviews746 followers
February 15, 2023
廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 賵爻丨乇 賰賱賲丕鬲賴丕 賲丕 夭丕賱 賷兀爻乇賳賷 賮賷 孬丕賳賷 鬲噩丕乇亘賷 賲毓賴丕 亘毓丿 亘賷鬲 丕賱兀乇賵丕丨貙 賱賰賳 爻丐丕賱賷 丕賱丿丕卅賲
賲丕 丕爻賲 丕賱噩賳 丕賱匕賷 丕爻鬲丿毓鬲賴 廿賷夭丕 亘毓丿 丕賱兀乇亘毓賷賳 賱鬲亘丿兀 賲毓賴 乇丨賱鬲賴丕 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 亘丿賵賳 兀賳 鬲鬲毓賱賲 鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 兀賵 丕賱兀爻丕賱賷亘 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱亘爻賷胤丞 賱乇爻賲 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲責
賴賷 爻丕丨乇丞 噩匕丕亘丞貙 丨賰丕亍丞 乇賴賷亘丞 賵賰賱 賴匕丕 賵亘丿賵賳 鬲毓賱賲 兀爻丕爻賷丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 .
兀賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱爻丨乇 丕賱匕賷 賷兀鬲賷 賲鬲兀禺乇賸丕責 賰賷 鬲爻丨乇 賯乇丕亍賴丕 賮賷 噩賲賷毓 亘賯丕毓 丕賱毓丕賱賲.
亘禺賱丕賮 毓賲賱賴丕 丕賱兀賵賱 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳鬲 亘賴 賱賲爻丞 賲賳 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞貙 賲賲丕 丕卮鬲賴乇 亘賴 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷賵賳 毓賳 睾賷乇賴賲貙 賴賳丕 賰丕賳鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賯毓賷丞 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 鬲乇氐丿 丨賯亘丞 丿賲賵賷丞 賮賷 鬲丕乇賷禺 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賵亘丿丕賷丕鬲 毓氐乇 丕賱賳賴囟丞 亘鬲卮賷賱賱賷 賵丕賱氐賷賳 亘鬲丕乇賷禺賴丕 丕賱毓噩賷亘 丕賱鬲賷 兀毓鬲亘乇賴丕 丿丕卅賲賸丕 賯丕乇丞 亘丿丕禺賱 賯丕乇丞 兀禺乇賶貙 賲賱兀賶 亘丕賱毓噩丕卅亘 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷.

乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 丕賱囟丕卅毓 賵賳賴賲 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 丕賱賱丕賳賴丕卅賷 賵丕賱賯賵丞 丕賱鬲賷 亘丿丕禺賱賳丕貙 賳賰鬲卮賮 鬲賱賰 丕賱賯賵丞 賮賷 賲丌爻賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賵丕賱氐丿丕賯丞 睾賷乇 丕賱賲卮乇賵胤丞貙 賵兀禺賷乇賸丕 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 賳丿乇賰 兀賴賲賷鬲賴丕 亘毓丿 禺爻丕乇鬲賴丕.

鬲亘丿兀 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 亘丕賱鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 毓丕卅賱丞 爻賵賲賷乇夭 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞貙 丕賱鬲賷 鬲乇賰鬲 廿賳噩賱鬲乇丕 亘毓丿 賮囟賷丨丞 兀禺賱丕賯賷丞 噩毓賱鬲賴賲 賷賳鬲賯賱賵賳 賲賳 廿賳噩賱鬲乇丕 廿賱賶 兀賯氐賶 睾乇亘 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞 亘賲丿賷賳丞 亘丕賱亘丕乇丕賷爻賵 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷. 鬲鬲兀賱賮 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賲賳 噩賵賳 賵噩賷乇賲賷 丕賱賯亘胤丕賳 賵賲爻 乇賵夭 兀禺鬲賴賲貙 賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賷賴賲 鬲丿乇賷噩賷賸賾丕 賵賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱胤賮賱丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲購乇賰鬲 毓賱賶 兀毓鬲丕亘 賲賳夭賱賴賲 賮賷 賱賷賱丞 賲丕胤乇丞 賱鬲氐亘丨 賴匕賴 丕賱胤賮賱丞 兀賱夭丕 賴賷 氐丕丨亘丞 丕賱賲睾丕賲乇丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳丨賳 亘氐丿丿賴丕 賱賳毓賷卮 賲毓賴丕 賲睾丕賲乇丕鬲賴丕 賵賳卮兀鬲賴丕 賲賳 丕賱氐賮乇 丨鬲賶 爻賳賵丕鬲 丕賱賲乇丕賴賯丞貙 賵乇丨賱鬲賴丕 賮賷 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 賲賳 鬲卮賷賱賱賷 廿賱賶 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕 丨賷孬 丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱鬲賷 丕噩鬲丕丨鬲 丕賱賯丕乇丞.
" 廿賳賳賶 丕噩丿 賯賵丞 噩丿賷丿丞 賮賶 丿丕禺賱賶 貙 乇亘賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賲賵噩賵丿丞 賱丿賷 丿賵賲丕賸貙 賵 賱賰賳賳賶 賱賲 丕毓乇賮賴丕 賱兀賳賳賷 賱賲 兀賰賳 亘丨丕噩丞 廿賱賶 丕爻鬲禺丿丕賲賴丕 賯亘賱 丕賱丕賳 . "


廿賱夭丕 丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 丕賱鬲毓爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳卮兀鬲 賮賷 胤賮賵賱丞 氐丕乇賲丞 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賲賳 賲爻 乇賵夭 兀賳 鬲噩毓賱賴丕 賳爻禺丞 賲賳賴丕 賱鬲夭賵噩賴丕 賲賳 兀丨丿 丕賱乇噩丕賱 丕賱兀孬乇賷丕亍貙 賮賯胤 賱鬲丨賯賯 賲丕 賱賲 鬲爻鬲胤毓 鬲丨賯賷賯賴貙 賵賱賰賳 賱賲 鬲兀禺匕 賮賷 丨爻亘丕賳賴丕 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱丨亘 丕賱鬲賷 賱丕 乇賯賷亘 毓賱賷賴丕 賮鬲兀鬲賷 賰丕賱氐丕毓賯丞 毓賱賶 丕賱賯賱亘 賱鬲夭賱夭賱 賰賷丕賳賴 賵鬲氐亘丨 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賰賱賴丕 鬲鬲賱禺氐 賮賷 賴匕丕 丕賱卮禺氐貙 賵亘賲丕 廿賳賳丕 賮賷 丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇 丨賷孬 丕賱賳爻丕亍 賮賷 賲乇丨賱丞 賲鬲丿賳賷丞 賲賳 丕賱丨賯賵賯貙 鬲氐賱 賱賱丕丨鬲賯丕乇貙 賮賰丕賳 丨亘 廿賱夭丕 禺胤兀賸 賱丕 賷睾鬲賮乇貙 丨賷孬 丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱鬲賷 噩毓賱鬲 丨亘賷亘賴丕 賷匕賴亘 賵賷鬲乇賰賴丕 賵丨賷丿丞 丨鬲賶 賷毓賵丿 亘丕賱匕賴亘 賵丕賱賲丕賱貙 馗賳賸賾丕 賲賳賴 兀賳賴賲丕 賯丿 賷噩賱亘丕賳 賱賴 丕賱丕丨鬲乇丕賲 賮鬲鬲乇賰 賰賱 卮賷亍 禺賱賮賴丕 賵鬲匕賴亘 賵乇丕亍賴 賮賷 乇丨賱丞 賲丨賮賵賮丞 亘丕賱賲禺丕胤乇 賵鬲鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 鬲丕賵 鬲卮賷賳 乇賮賷賯 乇丨賱鬲賴丕 賵氐丿賷賯賴丕 丕賱賵賮賷.

" 賯賱鬲 賱賰 廿賳 丕賱毓賳丕丿 卮乇 賯賵賷賹 噩丿丕 : 賷賲爻賰 亘丕賱丿賲丕睾 賵 賷購賲夭賯 丕賱賯賱亘貙賴賳丕賰 兀賳賵丕毓 賰孬賷乇丞 賲賳 丕賱毓賳丕丿. 賱賰賳 兀爻賵兀賴丕 賴賵 毓賳丕丿 丕賱丨亘 貙 兀爻賵兀 毓賳丕丿 亘毓丿 丕賱丨亘 賴賵 毓賳丕丿 丕賱匕賴亘 "

鬲丕賵 鬲卮賷賳 賱丕 丕噩丿 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 賱賵氐賮賴 丨賯丕賸 , 賲賳 丕賮囟賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賲胤賱賯丕賸 , 乇丨賱鬲賴 賰丕賳鬲 丕賲鬲毓 賲丕 賮賶 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 , 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱賲鬲毓賱賯 亘丕賱氐賷賳 賵 丕賱丨囟丕乇丞 賵 孬賯丕賮鬲賴賲 賰丕賳鬲 賲鬲毓丞 氐丕賮賷丞 賱賱丨馗丞 鬲賲賳賷鬲 丕賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰賱賴丕 毓賳 乇丨賱鬲賴 賲賳 丕賱氐賷賳 丕賱賶 鬲卮賷賱賶 孬賲 丕賱賶 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕 丕禺賷乇丕 亘乇賮賯丞 廿賱夭丕 , 賱丕 丕噩丿 丕賱賰賱賲丕鬲 丨賯丕賸 賱匕賱賰 爻丕鬲乇賰 賱賰 乇丨賱鬲賴 賱鬲賰鬲卮賮賴丕 亘賳賮爻賰 賰賲丕賳 丕賰鬲卮賮鬲賴丕 丕賳丕 .

" 賱賲 賷賰賳 賯丿乇賶 賴賵 丕賱毓孬賵乇 毓賱賶 丕賱胤賲丕賳賷賳丞 賮賶 丿賷乇 賮賶 丕賱噩亘丕賱 貙 賲孬賱賲丕 丨賱賲鬲 丕丨賷丕賳丕賸 貙 亘賱 禺賵囟 丨乇亘 亘賱丕 鬲賵賯賮 賵 亘賱丕 賳賴丕賷丞 "

丕禺賷乇丕賸 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賲鬲卮毓亘丞 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賵 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 噩丿丕 噩丿丕 , 乇賵丕賷丞 鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賵 亘毓囟 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 丨賯賷賯丞 賲夭賷噩 賲丕 亘賷賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 賵 丕賱丿乇丕賲丕 , 賱丕 鬲丿毓 丕賵賱 100 氐賮丨丞 鬲禺丿毓賰 亘孬賯賱 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賵 丕賱賲賱賱 賲賳 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 , 丕賱賰孬賷乇丞 賱賲賳 賴賵 噩丿賷丿 毓賱賶 賯賱賲 丕賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 , 丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賲賴賲丞 丕丨賷丕賳丕賸 賱丕賳賴賲 鬲乇爻賲 賱賰 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賱鬲毓賷卮 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘丕賱丕賲丕賰賳 賵 丕賱夭賲丕賳 .
15 reviews3 followers
July 3, 2008
This book starts out VERY engaging and remains that way through the first 3/4. Then, very abruptly, it is as if Allende ran out of things to say, or rather, became distracted by another project. The book ends TERRIBLY! The last 1/4 is a slog to get through and, becuase the first part is so wonderful, I kept reading and thinking "surely, this will work out." But no joy. I would suggest reading it BUT don't hope for a great wrap up at the end. It is a lot like drinking a cold bottle of Coke on a hot day - everything starts out all fresh and fizzy and delicious but by the end of the bottle, it is just flat and luke warm.
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October 29, 2010
"丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 " 賴賷 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 乇賵丕卅毓 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷貙 丕賱賲丿賴卮丞 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賷貙 賵賱賷爻 匕賱賰 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲賰鬲亘 亘亘爻丕胤丞 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞 丨鬲賶 賮賷 兀賰孬乇 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賳氐 丨賱賰丞 賵丕爻鬲毓氐丕亍賸貙 賵賱丕 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲毓賷丿 賱賱丨賷丕丞 爻賷賱丕賳賴丕 賵賵丨卮賷鬲賴丕 賵丿賮賯賴丕 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷 賮賷 毓乇賵賯賳丕貙 賵賱賷爻 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲噩賷丿 鬲氐賵賷乇 丕賱卮禺賵氐 亘賲丕 賷鬲噩丕賵夭 丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱賱丨賲 賵乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱噩爻丿貙 賵賱賷爻 賱兀賷 爻亘亘 丌禺乇 兀賷囟丕賸貙 賮丕賱乇賵毓丞 - 亘乇兀賷賷 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓 - 賱丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 賲亘乇乇丕鬲 鬲亘乇賴賳 毓賱賷賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 賳賳丨丕夭 廿賱賶 丕賱賮賳貙 賵賳鬲毓氐亘 賱賱噩賲丕賱賿貙 賵賳丨丕賵賱 亘匕賱賰 兀賳 賳爻亘睾 毓賱賶 丕賱賮賳 丕賱噩賲賷賱 兀爻亘丕亘丕 鬲賲賳胤賯 卮丕毓乇賷鬲賴貙 兀賵 鬲卮毓乇賳 賲賳胤賯賴貙 賵賱丕 丨賷賱丞 賱丿賷賳丕貙 賳丨賳 丕賱亘卮乇 丕賱賲賷丕賱賵賳 亘胤亘賷毓鬲賳丕 廿賱賶 毓賯賱賳丞 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 廿賱丕 亘丕禺鬲乇丕毓 兀爻亘丕亘 鬲賮爻乇 丕賱亘賴丕亍 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賱 毓賱賷賳丕 毓賳丿賲丕 賳鬲賵睾賱 賮賷 兀丨乇丕卮 賳氐 乇賵丕卅賷 亘丿賷毓貙 賰賴匕丕 丕賱匕賷 亘賷賳 兀賷丿賷賳丕 ..

賵丕賱丌賳貙 賵賯丿 亘乇乇賳丕 丨丕噩鬲賳丕 廿賱賶 丕賱賲亘乇乇丕鬲貙 賵丕毓鬲乇賮賳丕 亘賲丨丿賵丿賷鬲賳丕 賵囟毓賮賳丕 亘賰賱 賲丕 兀賵鬲賷賳丕 賲賳 卮賮丕賮賷丞貙 賵賳丨賳 丕賱賲賰丕亘乇賵賳 賮賷賲丕 賷禺氐 賯丿乇丕鬲賳丕 賵胤丕賯丕鬲賳丕貙 丕賱丌賳 賵賯丿 鬲乇丕賮毓鬲 賲丿丕賮毓丞 毓賳 賴匕丕 丕賱毓賳賵丕賳 丕賱囟丨賱貙 丕賱毓丕噩夭貙 丕賱賲囟丨賰 賯賱賷賱丕賸 .. 兀毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 丕賱賵賯鬲 氐丕乇 賲賳丕爻亘丕 賱賷 賱賰賷 兀囟毓 兀爻亘丕亘賷 丕賱孬賱丕孬丞貙 賵兀毓鬲匕乇 毓賳 噩乇兀鬲賷 賮賷 鬲爻賱賯 賴匕賴 丕賱賯丕賲丞 丕賱卮丕賲禺丞 賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 兀丨賱賲 亘兀賳 兀賰賵賳 亘乇亘毓 賲賵賴亘鬲賴丕貙 賱賲丕匕丕 " 丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗" 鬲丨丿賷丿丕賸責

兀賵賱丕貙 賱兀賳 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賮賷 " 丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 " 鬲兀賱賯鬲 賮賷 鬲氐賵賷乇 丕賱兀賲賰賳丞貙 賵丕賯鬲賳丕氐 鬲賮丕氐賷賱賴丕貙 賵廿匕賰丕亍 毓亘賯賴丕貙 賵毓賰爻 兀賱賵丕賳賴丕貙 賮丕賱賮氐賵賱 丕賱鬲賷 鬲丿賵乇 賮賷 丕賱氐賷賳貙 賵丕賱兀禺乇賶 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷貙 賵丕賱兀禺賷乇丞 賮賷 爻丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賷爻賰賵貙 鬲毓賰爻 賯丿乇丞 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞 賮賷 丕氐胤賷丕丿 丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱賲賰丕賳貙 賵賯匕賮賴 賮賷 丕賱賰賱賲丞貙 亘賰賱 賲丕 賷丨賲賱賴 丕賱賲賰丕賳 賲賳 兀亘毓丕丿 噩睾乇丕賮賷丞 賵丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵鬲丕乇賷禺賷丞 賵爻賷丕爻賷丞 賵賮乇賵賯丕鬲 孬賯丕賮賷丞貙 賵毓賵丕賱賲 兀禺乇賶 睾夭賷乇丞 .. 睾夭賷乇丞!

孬丕賳賷丕賸貙 兀賳 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賲賳丨丕夭丞 廿賱賶 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 亘氐賮鬲賴 丕賱賯賷賲丞 丕賱鬲賷 賳爻賷賳丕賴丕貙 賵賴賷 鬲賰鬲亘 賲賳 兀噩賱 鬲賲噩賷丿 丕賱丕禺鬲賱丕賮丕鬲貙 鬲丨鬲賮賷 亘丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 賵丕賱賮乇賵賯 丕賱孬賯丕賮賷丞 賵丕賱毓乇賯賷丞 亘賷賳 丕賱氐賷賳賷 賵丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷 賵丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷貙 亘賷賳 丕賱兀亘賷囟 賵丕賱兀爻賵丿 賵丕賱兀氐賮乇貙 乇賵丕賷丕鬲賴丕 賵胤賳 賱賱噩賲賷毓貙 毓丕賱賲 睾丕氐 亘丕賱乇賵丕卅丨 賵丕賱兀噩爻丕丿 賵丕賱亘卮乇貙 鬲卮亘賴 鬲賱賰 丕賱丿賴丕賱賷夭 丕賱毓賲賷賯丞 丕賱賲鬲賵睾賱丞 賮賷 兀丨卮丕亍 丕賱賲丿賳貙 鬲丨鬲賮賷 亘丕賱鬲毓丿丿賷丞 賵鬲賳鬲氐乇 賱賱廿賳爻丕賳賽 兀亘丿丕賸貙 賵廿匕丕 賲丕 賰丕賳鬲 賴賳丕賰 賲卮丕賴丿 賱賱賵丨卮賷丞 賵丕賱毓賳賮 賵丕賱廿賷匕丕亍貙 賮賴賷 賴賳丕賰 賲賳 兀噩賱 匕賱賰 丕賱氐賵鬲 丕賱禺賮賷貙 丕賱賴丕賲爻 賮賷 賲丐禺乇丞 丕賱乇兀爻貙 亘賵噩賵亘 賳亘匕 賰賱 兀賳賵丕毓 丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞 丕賱賲賵噩賵丿丞 賱賱毓丕賱賲貙 丨亘丕賸 亘丕賱賱賴 兀賷賴丕 丕賱毓丕賱賲! 賵賱賰賳賴丕 賲毓 匕賱賰 鬲賮毓賱 匕賱賰 亘丿賵賳 兀賳 賳賳鬲亘賴貙 亘丿賵賳 兀賳 鬲乇賮毓 氐賵鬲賴丕貙 亘丿賵賳 兀賳 鬲鬲丨賵賱 廿賱賶 亘賵賯 廿賷丿賵賱賵噩賷貙 亘丿賵賳 兀賳 鬲丨賵賱 賳氐賴丕 丕賱兀丿亘賷 廿賱賶 賵丕毓馗 兀賵 賲賴乇噩 兀賵 禺胤賷亘 賷氐乇禺 賮賷 賵噩賵賴賳丕 ..

孬丕賱孬丕貙 賱兀賳 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 亘丿賷毓丞 賮賷 鬲氐賵賷乇 丕賱賵丕賯毓貙 賵廿匕丕 賰丕賳 丕賱賰孬賷乇賵賳 賷乇丿丿賵賳 亘兀賳 乇賵丕賷鬲賴丕 鬲賳鬲賲賷 廿賱賶 噩賳爻 丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞貙 賮賴匕丕 賱兀賳賴賲 賱丕 賷毓乇賮賵賳 丕賱賵丕賯毓 賰賲丕 鬲毓乇賮賴貙 賮賱賲噩乇丿 兀賳賴丕 鬲氐賳毓 兀亘胤丕賱丕 賷爻鬲胤賷毓賵賳 鬲丨乇賷賰 丕賱兀卮賷丕亍 亘賯賵鬲賴賲 丕賱匕賴賳賷丞貙 兀賵 賷賲賱賰賵賳 賲賵賴亘丞 丕賱丕禺鬲賮丕亍貙 兀賵 賷賳爻賱禺賵賳 毓賳 兀噩爻丕丿賴賲貙 賮賴匕丕 賱丕 賷毓賳賷 兀賳賴丕 鬲賰鬲亘 毓賳 賮丕賳鬲丕夭賷丕貙 賵賱賲噩乇丿 兀賳 賵丕賯毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱丨丿賷孬 賴夭賷賱 賵賲丐爻賮 賵亘毓賷丿 賲賳 丨賯賷賯鬲賴 丕賱鬲賷 賯丕賷囟 亘賴丕 丕賱丨囟丕乇丞 丕賱賲丿賳賷丞 丕賱丨丿賷孬丞貙 賮賴匕丕 賱丕 賷噩毓賱賴丕 廿賱丕 兀賰孬乇 賵毓賷丕 賵丨賷丕丞 賲賳丕貙 賲賳 禺賷丕賱賳丕 丕賱亘丕賴鬲 賵廿賷賲丕賳賳丕 丕賱卮丨賷丨 亘賯丿乇丕鬲 丕賱亘卮乇賿貙 賲丕 鬲賰鬲亘賴 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賱賷爻 禺乇丕賮丕鬲 亘賯丿乇 賲丕 賴賵 賲賵丕賴亘 丿賮賷賳丞 賮賷 兀毓賲丕賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳貙 賵賴賷 鬲爻鬲丨賯 兀賳 賳丨賷賷賴丕 毓賱賶 噩乇兀鬲賴丕 賮賷 廿丨賷丕亍 鬲賱賰 丕賱賲賳胤賯丞 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷丞貙 丕賱賵丨卮賷丞貙 賵丕賱亘丿賷毓丞貙 賳丨賷賷賴丕 毓賱賶 噩乇兀鬲賴丕 賮賷 鬲匕賰賷乇賳丕 亘兀賳賮爻賳丕 亘丕賱丿乇噩丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶.

丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 氐丕丿乇丞 毓賳 丿丕乇 丕賱賲丿賶貙 丕賱胤亘毓丞 丕賱孬丕賳賷丞 2006 鬲乇噩賲丞 氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷貙 賵鬲賯毓 賮賷 438 氐賮丨丞 賲賳 丕賱賯胤毓 丕賱賲鬲賵爻胤.



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丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 " 賴賷 賵丕丨丿丞 賲賳 乇賵丕卅毓 丕賱乇賵丕卅賷丞 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷貙 丕賱賲丿賴卮丞 賲賳 賵噩賴丞 賳馗乇賷貙 賵賱賷爻 匕賱賰 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲賰鬲亘 亘亘爻丕胤丞 丕爻鬲孬賳丕卅賷丞 丨鬲賶 賮賷 兀賰孬乇 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賳氐 丨賱賰丞 賵丕爻鬲毓氐丕亍賸貙 賵賱丕 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲毓賷丿 賱賱丨賷丕丞 爻賷賱丕賳賴丕 賵賵丨卮賷鬲賴丕 賵丿賮賯賴丕 丕賱亘丿丕卅賷 賮賷 毓乇賵賯賳丕貙 賵賱賷爻 賱兀賳賴丕 鬲噩賷丿 鬲氐賵賷乇 丕賱卮禺賵氐 亘賲丕 賷鬲噩丕賵夭 丨賯賷賯丞 丕賱賱丨賲 賵乇丕卅丨丞 丕賱噩爻丿貙 賵賱賷爻 賱兀賷 爻亘亘 丌禺乇 兀賷囟丕賸貙 賮丕賱乇賵毓丞 - 亘乇兀賷賷 丕賱賲鬲賵丕囟毓 - 賱丕 鬲丨鬲丕噩 廿賱賶 賲亘乇乇丕鬲 鬲亘乇賴賳 毓賱賷賴丕貙 賵賱賰賳賳丕 賳賳丨丕夭 廿賱賶 丕賱賮賳貙 賵賳鬲毓氐亘 賱賱噩賲丕賱賿貙 賵賳丨丕賵賱 亘匕賱賰 兀賳 賳爻亘睾 毓賱賶 丕賱賮賳 丕賱噩賲賷賱 兀爻亘丕亘丕 鬲賲賳胤賯 卮丕毓乇賷鬲賴貙 兀賵 鬲卮毓乇賳 賲賳胤賯賴貙 賵賱丕 丨賷賱丞 賱丿賷賳丕貙 賳丨賳 丕賱亘卮乇 丕賱賲賷丕賱賵賳 亘胤亘賷毓鬲賳丕 廿賱賶 毓賯賱賳丞 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 廿賱丕 亘丕禺鬲乇丕毓 兀爻亘丕亘 鬲賮爻乇 丕賱亘賴丕亍 丕賱匕賷 賷丨賱 毓賱賷賳丕 毓賳丿賲丕 賳鬲賵睾賱 賮賷 兀丨乇丕卮 賳氐 乇賵丕卅賷 亘丿賷毓貙 賰賴匕丕 丕賱匕賷 亘賷賳 兀賷丿賷賳丕 ..

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丕賱賱賯賷胤丞 爻毓賷丿丞 丕賱丨馗 丕賱鬲賶 鬲賱賯賮鬲賴丕 兀賷丿賶 兀爻乇鬲賴丕 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 鬲毓賷卮 亘鬲卮賷賱賶貙 賮兀賵賱鬲賴丕 兀賲賴丕 亘丕賱鬲亘賳賶 / 毓賲鬲賴丕 賲爻 乇賵夭 丕賱乇毓丕賷丞 賵丕賱丕賴鬲賲丕賲 丕賱賱丕夭賲 賱賳卮兀丞 兀賶 胤賮賱丞 賲賳 丕賱賵爻胤 丕賱丕乇爻鬲賯乇丕胤賶 賵賱賷爻鬲 丨鬲賶 賰胤賮賱丞 鬲卮賷賱賷丞 毓丕丿賷丞.
丕賰鬲賵鬲 廿賱夭丕 亘賳丕乇 丕賱丨亘 賲賳 亘丿丕賷丞 賳囟賵噩賴丕 賵賰丕賳 賯賱亘賴丕 賴賵 丿賱賷賱賴丕 賵賲乇卮丿賴丕 賮賶 丨賷丕鬲賴丕貙 賵賱兀賳 賷賰賵賳 賯賱亘賰 賲乇卮丿賰 禺賷乇 賲賳 兀賳 賷賰賵賳 毓賯賱賰 賴賵 丿賱賷賱賰 賵賴丕丿賷賰.
賵賲丕 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賱丕 賲噩賲賵毓丞 賲賳 丕賱丕禺鬲賷丕乇丕鬲貙 賵賲賳 丕賱賲毓乇賵賮 兀賳 丕賱匕賶 鬲丨亘 兀賳 鬲丨賷乇賴 賮毓賱賷賰 亘兀賳 鬲禺賷乇賴貙 賮爻賷禺鬲丕乇 丕賱兀爻賵亍 賰賲丕 賮毓賱鬲 廿賱夭丕 丕賱鬲賶 兀爻毓丿賴丕 丨馗賴丕 亘兀賳 鬲賳賲賵 賮賶 賰賳賮 兀爻乇丞 廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 毓乇賷賯丞 賲購丨亘丞 亘丿賱丕賸 賲賳 丨賷丕丞 丕賱賲賱丕噩卅 賵賱賰賳賴丕 丕禺鬲丕乇鬲 爻乇賷毓丕賸 丕賱卮賯丕亍 賱賳賮爻賴丕 賮賴乇賵賱鬲 禺賱賮 賯賱亘賴丕 賲鬲賳丕爻賷丞 丕賱兀爻乇丞 丕賱鬲賶 鬲賵賱鬲 鬲乇亘賷鬲賴丕 賵乇毓丕賷鬲賴丕 賵丕賱鬲賶 賴賶 賮賶 丕賱丨賯賷賯丞 噩夭亍丕賸 賲賳賴丕.
賲爻 乇賵夭 爻賵賲賷乇夭

賰丕賳 匕賱賰 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賰鬲卮賮 乇賵夭 丕賱禺丿賷毓丞 丕賱賰亘乇賶 賵丕賱賵賴賲 丕賱毓馗賷賲 丕賱匕賶 爻賯胤鬲 賮乇賷爻鬲賴 賱賰丕乇賱 亘乇賷鬲夭賳乇 丕賱賲賵爻賷賯賶 賵丕賱兀賵亘乇丕賱賶 丕賱乇丨丕賱丞 丕賱匕賶 胤丕賮 丕賱毓丕賱賲 卮乇賯丕賸 賵睾乇亘丕賸 賵丕賳鬲賴賶 亘賴 丕賱賲胤丕賮 賷禺丿毓 乇賵夭 爻賵賲賷乇夭 賵賷賵賴賲賴丕 亘丕賱丨亘 賯亘賱 兀賳 鬲賰鬲卮賮 兀賳賴 賲鬲夭賵噩 賵賱丿賷賴 胤賮賱丕賳.
亘丕賵賱賷賳丕
賴丕 賴賶 爻賷丿丞 丕賱賲丕賱 賵丕賱兀毓賲丕賱貙 丕賱爻賷丿丞 丕賱毓賲賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賶 丕賳爻丕賯鬲 賵乇丕亍 賲卮丕毓乇 丕賱丨亘 賵賱賰賳賴丕 丕賱丌賳 鬲丨丕賵賱 兀賳 鬲氐賳毓 賱賳賮爻賴丕 賲爻鬲賯亘賱丕賸 賲爻鬲賯賱丕賸 毓賳 夭賵噩賴丕貙 鬲賮賰乇 亘丕賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱 亘毓賷賳 丕賱禺賵賮 賵丕賱丨匕乇貙 匕賰賷丞 亘賲丕 賷賰賮賶 賱兀賳 賱丕 鬲噩毓賱 爻賱胤丕賳 丕賱丨亘 毓賱賷賴丕 賷胤睾賶 毓賱賶 爻賱胤丕賳 丕賱廿毓丿丕丿 丕賱噩賷丿 賱賱賲爻鬲賯亘賱.
鬲丕賵 鬲卮賷賳
賱賵 兀賯鬲氐乇鬲 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賱賶 卮禺氐賷鬲賶 廿賱夭丕 賵鬲丕賵 鬲卮賷賳 賱賰丕賳鬲 賰丕賮賷丞 賱兀賳 鬲毓丿賱 賲夭丕噩賶 卮賴賵乇丕賸 賯丕丿賲丞 賵賱賰賳 賱賷爻 丕賱丨亘 賵丕賱鬲囟丨賷丞 賵丕賱賮丿丕亍 賵丕賱噩丿毓賳丞 賵丕賱卮賴丕賲丞 賮賯胤 賲賳 鬲毓賷卮 毓賱賶 馗賴乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賰賵賰亘 賮賱丕 賲賮乇 賲賳 丕賱禺賷丕賳丞 賵丕賱賳匕丕賱丞 賵丕賱禺爻丞 賵丕賱賵囟丕毓丞 賵丕賱賰匕亘.
鬲丕賵 鬲卮賷賳 鬲爻鬲丨賯 賯賱亘 賰亘賷乇 賷丕 乇噩賱貙 兀賯乇亘 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賱賯賱亘賶貙 賯乇兀鬲 賰賱 賲丕 賷鬲毓賱賯 亘鬲丕賵 亘丨亘 賵卮睾賮 賵乇亘賲丕 賴賵 兀丨丿 兀爻亘丕亘 丕爻鬲賰賲丕賱賶 賱賯乇丕亍丞 賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
廿賱丿賵乇丕丿賵
廿賱丿賵丕乇丿賵 鈥� 賵賴賶 兀爻胤賵乇丞 廿爻亘丕賳賷丞 鬲丿毓賶 兀賳 兀丨丿 賲賱賵賰 賲賵賷爻賰丕 (兀丨丿 賯亘丕卅賱 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱噩賳賵亘賷丞) 賰丕賳 賷睾胤賶 賳賮爻賴 亘賲爻丨賵賯 丕賱匕賴亘 孬賲 賷睾賵氐 賮賶 亘丨賷乇丞 噩賵鬲丕賮賷鬲丕 賳丕賮囟丕賸 睾亘丕乇 丕賱匕賴亘 - 賰丕賳 賴匕丕 賵毓丿 丕賱爻丕爻丞 丕賱兀爻亘丕賳 賱卮毓賵亘賴賲 丕賱鬲賶 匕賴亘鬲 賱兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 睾丕夭賷丞 鬲鬲禺賱氐 賲賳 丕賱爻賰丕賳 丕賱兀氐賱賷賷賳 兀賵 鬲爻禺乇賴賲 亘丕賱賯賵丞 賱賱毓賲賱 毓賱賶 兀賲賱 兀賳賴賲 爻賷噩丿賵丕 匕賱賰 丕賱爻乇丕亘 丕賱賲購爻賲賶 廿賱丿賵乇丕丿賵.
丕賱丌賳 賵賴賳丕貙 丕賱噩賲賷毓 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱孬乇丕亍 丕賱爻乇賷毓 賵丕賱賲丕賱 丕賱賵賮賷乇 賵兀丨賱丕賲 鬲鬲丨賯賯 賰賱賲丕 賴亘鬲 丕賱乇賷丨貙 賴匕丕 賴賵 丕賱賵毓丿 丕賱匕賶 毓丕卮 毓賱賷賴 丕賱睾乇亘 賱爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵賷賱丞 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷賰鬲卮賮賵丕 兀賳 賰賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱賵毓賵丿 爻鬲匕賴亘 賴亘丕亍丕賸貙 賮丕賱丿賷賵賳 爻鬲鬲乇丕賰賲 噩乇丕亍 丕賱乇賴賳 丕賱毓賯丕乇賶 賱卮乇丕亍 賲賳夭賱 噩丿賷丿 兀賵 賯乇囟 鬲兀爻賷爻 卮乇賰丞 兀賵 賲乇丕賴賳丞 兀賵 賲囟丕乇亘丞 亘丕賱兀爻賵丕賯 丕賱賲丕賱賷丞 兀賵 ...廿賱禺.
賴匕賴 賴賶 賳馗乇丞 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 賱賱睾乇亘 賵賯丿 賰丕賳鬲 毓賱賶 丨賯貙 賱賲 賷亘禺賱 丕賱睾乇亘 亘亘匕賱 丕賱睾丕賱賶 賵丕賱賳賮賷爻 賮賶 爻亘賷賱 噩賲毓 賲丕 鬲賷爻乇 賲賳 禺賷乇丕鬲 廿賮乇賷賯賷丕 賵兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賵賲丕 夭丕賱賵丕 丨鬲賶 丕賱丌賳 賷賮毓賱賵賳 匕賱賰 亘丕賱賮賯乇丕亍 兀賷賳賲丕 賵噩丿賵丕.
賴匕賴 乇賵丕賷丞 氐毓亘丞 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞貙 乇亘賲丕 賱賵 賯乇兀鬲賴丕 賮賶 馗乇賵賮 兀賮囟賱 賱兀禺鬲賱賮 乇兀賷賶 丨賷丕賱賴丕貙 賯丿乇丞 丕賱賱賷賳丿賶 毓賱賶 丕賱爻乇丿 賵丕賱廿賲爻丕賰 亘丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丿賵賳賲丕 廿賮賱丕鬲 賯丿乇丞 賴丕卅賱丞 賱丕 鬲鬲賵賮乇 賱兀賶 乇賵丕卅賶貙 乇亘賲丕 賲丕 賱丕 賷毓噩亘賳賶 賮賶 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 賰孬乇丞 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賵乇亘賲丕 賲丕 噩毓賱賳賶 兀卮毓乇 亘丕賱賲賱賱 賮賶 亘毓囟 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳 兀賳賳賶 賱丕 兀丨亘 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 毓賱賶 胤乇賷賯丞 丕賱賯賮夭 毓賱賶 兀睾氐丕賳 丕賱卮噩乇 賱丕 兀丨亘 丕賱鬲卮鬲鬲 賵丕賱鬲賲賱賲賱 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賵賮賶 匕賱賰 賷鬲賮賵賯 丕賱賳爻丕亍 毓賱賶 丕賱乇噩丕賱貙 賮丕賱賳爻丕亍 賰丕卅賳丕鬲 賲鬲毓丿丿丞 丕賱賲賴丕賲 (賲丕賱鬲賶 鬲丕爻賰賷賳噩) 兀賲丕 賳丨賳 賲毓卮乇 丕賱乇噩丕賱 賮賱丕 賳爻鬲胤賷毓 兀賳 賳丐丿賶 兀賰孬乇 賲賳 賲賴賲丞 賮賶 賳賮爻 丕賱賵賯鬲.
兀禺賷乇丕賸 兀丨爻 亘毓丿 賯乇丕亍鬲賶 賱賴匕賴 丕賱賲賱丨賲丞 丕賱賲購乇賴賯丞 亘兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賲丕 爻賱爻賱丞 胤賵賷賱丞 賲賳 丕賱廿禺賮丕賯丕鬲 鬲鬲爻賱賱賴丕 亘毓囟 賱丨馗丕鬲 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賵丕賱兀賲賱貙 賵廿賲丕 賴賶 丨賷丕丞 毓賱賶 囟賵亍 賮賶 丌禺乇 賲賲乇 賲馗賱賲貙 賲丨鬲賲 兀賳 賷賲賵鬲 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 賯亘賱 兀賳 賷亘賱睾 賳賴丕賷鬲賴.
兀禺賷乇丕賸 廿毓鬲匕丕乇賶 賱乇賮丕賯 丕賱乇丨賱丞 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 鈥� 爻賷丿丞 丕賱噩賵丿乇賷丿夭 賳賷乇丞 丨爻賳 賵丕賱賱賷丿賶 乇丨賲丞 賵廿爻乇丕亍 賵賲乇賵丞 賵賴亘丞 - 毓賱賶 鬲兀禺乇賶 賵毓丿賲 賲賵丕賰亘鬲賶 賱賴賲 賮賶 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 賵賱賰賳 毓夭丕卅賶 丕賱賵丨賷丿 賴賵 兀賳 鬲氐賱 賲鬲兀禺乇丕賸 兀賮囟賱 賲賳 兀賱丕 鬲氐賱 兀亘丿丕賸.
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廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷...丕賱賲乇兀丞 匕丕鬲 丕賱賯賵丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞. 賯賵丞 賯賱賲 丕賱毓噩丕卅亘 丕賱匕賷 鬲丨乇賰賴 賲賵賴亘丞 丕賲乇兀丞 鬲賰鬲亘 亘亘乇賰丞 丿毓丕 丕賱賵丕賱丿賷賳 賵丕賱賱賷 賲毓丕賴 乇亘賳丕 賷賲卮賷 毓 丕賱賲賷丞. 賯賱賲 賱賲 鬲賯賷丿賴 兀爻丕賱賷亘 賵鬲賯賳賷丕鬲 丕賱賰鬲丕亘丞 賵鬲毓賯賷丿丕鬲 亘賳丕亍 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞.
廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賮賷 丨賰丕賷丕鬲賴丕 鬲匕賰乇鬲賳丕 亘噩丿丕鬲賳丕 丕賱毓夭賷夭丕鬲 丕賱賱丕鬲賷 賰賳 賷乇鬲噩賱賳 賯氐氐丕 賵丨賰丕賷丕鬲 賱賴丕 亘丿丕賷丕鬲 賵兀丨丿丕孬 賵賲睾丕锟斤拷乇丕鬲 賵賳賴丕賷丕鬲 鬲乇賵賶 亘賵丨賷 丕賱賱丨馗丞. 賵鬲噩毓賱賳丕 賯丕毓丿賷賳 賮丕鬲丨賷賳 亘賯賳丕 亘丕匕亘賴賱丕賱 賲賳賮氐賱賷賳 毓賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲 丨鬲賶 鬲賳鬲賴賷 丕賱丨丿賵鬲丞..
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October 5, 2013
Rather than an objective evaluation of this novel as a work of literary fiction, this rating and review is more a reflection of how deeply it has continued to affect me over the years. Despite the differences of time and place, customs and traditions, exposure and beliefs, there is something very primitive about the bonds I share with Eliza Sommers. And to some extent, to the English colony in Valparaiso, Chile, where this story is set, in the first half of the 19th century. I am too strongly affected by my affiliation to Eliza to condemn this novel to what it truly is, though I will deal with that part too. It has struck too deep a chord in my heart, so consider this as much a disclaimer for what is to come as an admission of my deviation from objectivity.

I read this first in 2007, and though, with repeated readings I almost know it by heart, I keep on revisiting it in my quest to draw strength from obscure, invisible, intangible sources. It is about a girl growing wings in a cage that is supposed to keep them clipped. Some birds are simply not meant to fly, in others鈥� eyes. The bird will sing in its native tongue, perhaps a song of anguish, which its captors will take for one of joy. For the bird is supposed to entertain, not to be entertained. To comfort, not to be comforted. But people forget, that a clipped bird no longer sings. It only croons. Or refuses to sing at all.

We enter Valparaiso, a British Colony on the Chilean coast in the early 1800s, where women went about in stiff corsets, learning piano and housekeeping, straining their lungs out to be sweet, capable, subservient. Men, as Mama Fresia, the Mapucho cook of the Sommers family warned Eliza, 鈥渄id what they pleased to women鈥�, so that the honor of the women was solely at the discretion of her own self. While Eliza, an orphan brought up by the Sommers, begins to grow invisible wings, defiant of the stifling customs in her own silent, stubborn way, it falls to Rose, the sole woman in the family, to keep an eye on her, following her own indiscretion at the age of 18 with a German composer that had sentenced her to singlehood in a foreign country, where she secretly mourned the consequences of stepping out of the line of decency.

With Eliza unwittingly following the same course in the throes of young, passionate love and her lover Joaquin Andieta, a poor man fired with the ideas of revolution and a poet at heart, leaving Chile for California to try his luck in the Gold Rush, Rose descends into her own memories of her first wild love. Determined to pull Eliza out, she realizes it is too late, for Eliza has disappeared, and is most probably following her lover.

It is Eliza鈥檚 four-year long journey in an inhospitable, unruly, wild but free land that shapes her, and makes her fully aware of what she is. Dressed as a mute boy, with Tao Chi鈥檈n, the Chinese healer mourning for his dead, beloved wife Lin, Eliza heads out to find in the anonymous masses her lover, embarking on a journey that will not take her to him in the way she had wished. The journey of the search for her love transforms gradually into a journey of self-discovery, of little-by-little, discarding the vestiges and bondages of the cage that constrained her. Her quest for reuniting with her man leads her to him, but in ways she had never imagined when she started out pregnant with his baby at the age of sixteen. She finds her love, but it turns out to be very different from that of her dreams.

What interested me most were the quick pace of the work, the historical fiction aspect of it and the feminist slant to it. Although I don鈥檛 dislike Austen, I鈥檓 not particularly fond of her either (she writes way better than Allende), because I cannot relate to any of her heroines 鈥� they come across as stereotypes to me, which I鈥檓 not very sympathetic to. Allende鈥檚 writing is modest 鈥� I surely do not consider it her strong point. But it is for the most part simple but adequate in its pace, and devoid of lofty pretensions. Or maybe, it is just the translation which makes it a bit bland for my liking - maybe the original in Spanish is far better. So I'm inclined to give it the benefit of doubt.

She ties the strands expertly, not allowing for logical lapses, which are another pet peeve of mine 鈥� I prefer stories that do not flag rationally. The characterization, I thought, was the best part 鈥� to me Eliza hadn鈥檛 changed at all, though she had changed a lot 鈥� it happened so slowly by degrees, it didn鈥檛 feel artificial, though at some points it did seem a bit rushed.

But there were some pointed observations that resonate with me even now. Oh, her words haunt me day and night, even before I鈥檇 read them, because I live with them from day-to-day, straining to break free. They are my invisible cages that I beat and break my wings against. Even if they sound so ordinary.

鈥淚t is man鈥檚 nature to be savage; it is woman鈥檚 destiny to preserve moral values and good conduct,鈥� Jeremy Sommers pontificated.
鈥淩eally, brother. You and I both know that my nature is more savage than yours,鈥� Rose would joke.

鈥淧eople are beginning to ask questions and Eliza surely imagines a future that does not befit her. Nothing as perilous, you know, as the demon of fantasy embedded in every female heart.鈥�


Technically, there are quite a lot flaws 鈥� there is hardly any sub-text to decipher and enjoy, nor a lyrical, captivating narration. And yet, it captivated me, because Eliza mirrored me. I found myself when I stared into her eyes.

Eliza Sommers, I open your pages when I find myself blank. And I鈥檇 almost wept at the recognition when Rose told you

鈥淚 would happily give half my life to have the freedom a man has, Eliza. But we are women, and that is our cross. All we can do is try to get the best from the little we have.鈥�


But I don鈥檛 intend to be a Rose, Eliza. I鈥檇 rather be you.
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賮賷 兀丨丿 丕賱兀賷丕賲貙 賮賷 賲丿賷賳丞 亘丕賱亘丕乇丕賷爻賵 丕賱爻丕丨賱賷丞貙 鬲噩丿 毓丕卅賱丞 爻賵賲賷乇夭貙 丕賱鬲賷 賴乇亘鬲 賲賳 廿賳噩賱鬲乇丕 亘賮囟賷丨丞 兀禺賱丕賯賷丞貙 爻賱賾丞 亘丿丕禺賱賴丕 胤賮賱丞 氐睾賷乇丞 兀賲丕賲 賲賳夭賱賴賲.
賱丕 兀丨丿 賷毓賱賲 賲賳 賴賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞貙 賵賱丕 賲賳 兀賷賳 兀鬲鬲貙 賱賰賳 賲爻 乇賵夭貙 爻賷丿丞 丕賱賲賳夭賱貙 鬲賯乇乇 鬲賳卮卅鬲賴丕 賵鬲乇亘賷鬲賴丕 賵鬲胤賱賯 毓賱賷賴丕 丕爻賲 "廿賱夭丕"
鬲賰亘乇 丕賱胤賮賱丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 丿賵賳 兀賷 賲賷夭丞貙 睾賷乇 兀賳 賱賴丕 丨丕爻丞 卮賲 賱丕 鬲禺胤卅貙 賵賱賴丕 匕丕賰乇丞 賯賵賷丞 賱丕 鬲鬲夭毓夭毓.
賱賲 賷賰賳 兀丨丿 賱賷鬲禺賷賾賱 兀賳 賴匕賴 丕賱胤賮賱丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 爻鬲睾賷賾乇 賲爻鬲賯亘賱 鬲賱賰 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 鬲賲丕賲賸丕貙 賵亘毓丿 爻賳賵丕鬲 胤賵賷賱丞 賲賳 賴匕丕 丕賱鬲睾賷賷乇貙 賵亘毓丿 兀賳 兀氐亘丨鬲 丕賱胤賮賱丞 賮鬲丕丞 賰亘賷乇丞 鬲毓賷卮 賮賷 丕賱噩丕賳亘 丕賱丌禺乇 賲賳 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賲丕 夭丕賱 丕賱兀賲乇 睾賷乇 賯丕亘賱 賱賱鬲氐丿賷賯.

鬲賳賯爻賲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 噩睾乇丕賮賷賸丕貙 廿賱賶 噩夭卅賷賳貙 丕賱兀賵賱 賮賷 鬲卮賷賱賷貙 丕賱丿賵賱丞 丕賱賳丕卮卅丞 丕賱鬲賷 賲丕 夭丕賱鬲 鬲丨丕賵賱 兀賳 鬲噩丿 賲賰丕賳賴丕 賮賷 丕賱毓丕賱賲貙 賵丕賱丌禺乇 賮賷 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕貙 丨賷孬 丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 賵兀丨賱丕賲 丕賱孬乇丕亍 丕賱爻乇賷毓 賵丕賱毓賲丕賱 丕賱賲鬲丿賮賯賷賳 毓賱賶 爻丕丨賱 丕賱賵賱丕賷丕鬲 丕賱賲鬲丨丿丞 丕賱兀賲乇賷賰賷丞 賮賷 賲丨丕賵賱丞 賱賱鬲禺賱賾氐 賲賳 賲毓丕賳丕丞 丕賱丨賷丕丞 丕賱亘丕卅爻丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷毓賷卮賵賳賴丕.

賮賷 丕賱禺賱賮賷丞 賳鬲毓乇賮 毓賱賶 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 賵丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞 賱賴匕賴 丕賱亘賱丿丕賳 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱賮鬲乇丞 丕賱爻丕禺賳丞 賲賳 丕賱鬲丕乇賷禺 (丕賱賯乇賳 丕賱鬲丕爻毓 毓卮乇)貙 賵賴賷 丕賱馗乇賵賮 丕賱鬲賷 爻鬲丨丿丿 賲爻鬲賯亘賱 賴匕賷賳 丕賱亘賱丿賷賳 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴賲丕 亘亘毓囟賴賲丕 丨鬲賶 賷賵賲賳丕 賴匕丕.

鬲乇爻賲 "廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷" 卮禺氐賷丕鬲賴丕 亘亘乇丕毓丞 卮丿賷丿丞貙 賲鬲鬲亘毓丞 賳卮兀鬲賴丕貙 丿賵乇賴丕 賵毓賱丕賯鬲賴丕 亘廿賱夭丕貙 賵賲氐丕卅乇賴丕 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞. 賱賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱賳爻丕卅賷丞 丨囟賵乇 賵丕囟丨 賵賰孬賷賮 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賲賳 廿賱夭丕貙 亘胤賱丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賲乇賵乇賸丕 亘賲爻 乇賵夭 丕賱鬲賷 兀禺匕鬲 毓賱賶 毓丕鬲賯賴丕 鬲乇亘賷丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱胤賮賱丞 丕賱氐睾賷乇丞 賵鬲毓賱賷賲賴丕 賰賱 卮賷亍貙 賵兀禺賷乇賸丕 卮禺氐賷丞 噩賵 賰爻丕乇丞 丕賱丨胤亘貙 氐丕丨亘丞 丕賱賴賷卅丞 丕賱乇噩丕賱賷丞 賵賲丕賱賰丞 丕賱賲丕禺賵乇 丕賱卮賴賷乇.

鬲毓丿 "丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗" 丕賱噩夭亍 丕賱兀賵賱 賲賳 孬賱丕孬賷丞 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 兀賱賱賷賳丿賷 丕賱卮賴賷乇丞貙 賱賰賳賴丕貙 賰亘丕賯賷 丕賱兀噩夭丕亍貙 鬲購賯乇兀 賲賳賮氐賱丞貙 賵賴賷 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賰鬲賲賱丞 亘匕丕鬲賴丕.
鬲噩乇亘丞 賲賲鬲毓丞 賵鬲乇噩賲丞 賲賲鬲丕夭丞 賲賳 丕賱乇丕丨賱 丕賱賰亘賷乇 "氐丕賱丨 毓賱賲丕賳賷"

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November 18, 2021
This is a beautifully written, saga set in Valparaiso and San Francisco.
Eliza Sommers, as an infant was found on the doorstep of Jeremey and Rose Sommers, brother and sister鈥檚 home. Eliza is brought up as an upstanding young lady.
She falls in love with Joaquin Andieta. Joaquin has desires to become rich and follow his dream. He desires to go to California and discover gold.
He leaves his mother and Eliza but promises to return.
Eliza realizes that she is with child and decides to join Joaquin in California.
She runs away from home not telling anybody where she is going.
She stows away aboard a ship to California. Her journey is hard and arduous.
She miscarries her child, which leaves her weak and exhausted.
When she finally arrives in San Francisco she has no idea how to find Joaquin.
Eliza disguises herself as a boy and travels back and forth from San Francisco to Sacramento trying to find Joaquin.

Isabel Allende transports you to the tumultuous days of the California Gold Rush. She portrays a story rich in characters and historical details,
A must read.
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September 13, 2018
3.5 stars
Confession time! I was cleaning this weekend and came across this book. A book that I thought I had finished reading, but I found a bookmark where I had obviously stopped.
A proper re-read for 2018 was warranted!
The best way to describe Isabel Allende is that she's both poet and painter. Just like a poet, Allende wants her readers to be seduced by all five senses. Like, a painter, Allende makes sure that her readers; with their eyes open or shut are transported back to the time period she's writing about. In this case, Chile and California in the span of years between 1843-1853. That might seem like a short period of time, but remember, there's lots of detail.
Perhaps the biggest gem of Allende's work is that she writes strong women and she puts her women in precarious situations and sees what they will do about them. Both Miss Rose and Eliza are women who both try to overcome the obstacles of their birth. The only drawback of the story was that it just ended without feeling like the end.
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August 3, 2020
乇賵丕賷丞 乇賵賲丕賳爻賷丞 丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 毓賳 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賵乇丨賱丞 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱爻乇丕亘貙 爻乇丕亘 丕賱丨亘 賵爻乇丕亘 丕賱匕賴亘. 乇爻賲鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 亘亘乇丕毓丞 賵丿賯賾丞. 廿囟丕賮丞 廿賱賶 噩賲丕賱 鬲氐賵賷乇 丕賱兀賲丕賰賳 賵賵氐賮 毓丕丿丕鬲 賵孬賯丕賮丕鬲 丕賱卮毓賵亘 賮賷 賰賱 賲賳 鬲卮賷賱賷 丕賱氐賷賳 賵賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕.

亘乇毓鬲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 賮賷 爻乇丿 鬲丕乇賷禺賷 毓賳 丕賱乇賯 賱賱賮鬲賷丕鬲 丕賱氐賷賳賷丕鬲 賮賷 兀賲乇賷賰丕 賵丕爻鬲毓亘丕丿賴賲 丿賵賳 乇丨賲丞. 賵丨購賲賶 噩賳賵賳 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱匕賷 鬲賮卮賶 賮賷 噩賲賷毓 丕賱亘賯丕毓貙 丕賱賴賵爻 丕賱噩賲丕毓賷 賱賱賴乇亘 賵丕賱乇丨賷賱 廿賱賶 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕. 賮賰賱 卮禺氐 廿賲丕 賷賴乇亘 賲賳 賲丕囟賷賴 賵廿賲丕 賲賳 賮賯乇賴 賱賱兀乇囟 丕賱賲賱賷卅丞 亘丕賱匕賴亘. 賲賳賴賲 賲賳 賯囟賶 賳丨亘賴 賮賷賴丕貙 賵賲賳賴賲 賯亘賱 丕賱賵氐賵賱 廿賱賷賴丕貙 賵賲賳賴賲 賲賳 乇噩毓 廿賱賶 賵胤賳賴 賮賯賷乇賸丕 賰賲丕 噩丕亍 廿賱賷賴丕 賲購毓丿賲賸丕. 賵賲賳賴賲 賲賳 毓乇賮 賰賷賮 賷爻鬲睾賱 丕賱兀賵囟丕毓 賱賷睾鬲賳賷 賵賷噩毓賱 賱賳賮爻賴 賲賵囟毓 賯丿賲 賮賷賴丕. 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱鬲賷 馗賳 丕賱亘毓囟 兀賳賴丕 兀乇囟 鬲丨賯賷賯 丕賱兀丨賱丕賲貙 賱賲 鬲賰賳 廿賱丕 亘賱丿 丕賱爻乇丕亘 賵丕賱丕爻鬲毓亘丕丿 賵丕賱毓賳氐乇賷丞.

乇睾賲 賲乇丕乇丞 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 丕賱鬲賷 賲乇賾鬲 亘賴丕 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 亘賷賳 丕賱賮卮賱 賵禺賷亘丞 丕賱兀賲賱 賮賷 丕賱丨亘. 兀賵 丕賱賳噩丕丨 賮賷 丕賱鬲賲乇丿 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丕卅賱丞 賵丕賱夭賵丕噩 亘賲賳 鬲丨亘貙 孬賲 丕賱亘乇賵夭 賰爻賷丿丞 兀毓賲丕賱 賲乇賲賵賯丞. 兀賵 丕賱賵賯賵毓 賮賷 丕賱乇賯 賵丕賱賲鬲丕噩乇丞 亘丕賱噩爻丿貙 廿賱丕 兀賳 賳賴丕賷丞 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賰丕賳鬲 噩賲賷賱丞貙 廿賱夭丕 鬲丨乇賾乇鬲貙 鬲丨乇賾乇鬲 賲賳 丨亘賾 賯賷賾丿 乇賵丨賴丕 賵兀毓賲賶 亘氐賷乇鬲賴丕 賵丕爻鬲毓亘丿 賯賱亘賴丕 賭 鈥溫ベ嗁嗁� 丕賱丌賳 丨乇丞鈥�.



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鈥溬呝� 賷毓乇賮 兀賰孬乇貙 毓賱賷賴 賵丕噩亘丕鬲 兀賰孬乇 鬲噩丕賴 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷丞鈥�

鈥溬勜� 賮丕卅丿丞 賰亘賷乇丞 賲賳 丕賱賲毓丕乇賮 丿賵賳 丨賰賲丞貙 賵賱丕 丨賰賲丞 丿賵賳 乇賵丨丕賳賷丞鈥�.

鈥溬勝娯� 賴賳丕賰 賲賳 噩丿賵賶 賮賷 丕爻鬲賳賮丕丿 丕賱丨賷丕丞 賮賷 賲賱丕丨賯丞 丨亘 賵賴賲賷鈥�.

鈥溬呝� 賷鬲賵乇胤 賮賷 丕賱鬲賮賰賷乇 亘丕賱卮乇貙 賷賳鬲賴賷 亘賴 丕賱兀賲乇 廿賱賶 丕爻鬲丨囟丕乇賴鈥�.

鈥溬勝娯� 賴賳丕賰 卮賷亍 丿賵賳 胤丕卅賱. 賵賲丕 賲賳 兀丨丿 賷氐賱 賮賷 丕賱丨賷丕丞 廿賱賶 兀賷 賲賰丕賳. 廿賳賳丕 賳賲卮賷 賵丨爻賿亘鈥�.
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" 賯賱鬲 賱賰 廿賳 丕賱毓賳丕丿 卮乇 賯賵賷賹 噩丿丕 : 賷賲爻賰 亘丕賱丿賲丕睾 賵 賷購賲夭賯 丕賱賯賱亘貙賴賳丕賰 兀賳賵丕毓 賰孬賷乇丞 賲賳 丕賱毓賳丕丿. 賱賰賳 兀爻賵兀賴丕 賴賵 毓賳丕丿 丕賱丨亘.
兀爻賵兀 毓賳丕丿 亘毓丿 丕賱丨亘 賴賵 毓賳丕丿 丕賱匕賴亘 " .
丕胤賱賯鬲 丕賱賲丕鬲卮賷 丨購賰賲賴丕

賴匕賴 丕賱賯胤毓丞 丕賱賮賳賷丞 氐丕睾鬲賴丕 兀賳丕賲賱 爻賷丿丞 鬲噩賷丿 丨賷丕賰丞 丕賱氐賵賮 噩賷丿丕.
賮 丨賷丕賰丞 丕賱氐賵賮 鬲鬲賲賷夭 亘丕賱噩賲丕賱 賵 丕賱氐亘乇 賵 禺卮賵賳丞 丕賱禺賷賵胤 賵 鬲賻卮丕亘賰賴丕 賱賰賷 鬲毓胤賷 氐賵乇丞 賰丕賲賱丞.

馃崅 丕賱禺賷賵胤 丕賱爻賵丿丕亍 : 丕賱丿賲 賵 丕賱賯鬲賱 賵 丕賱爻賱丕丨 賵 丕賱氐丿丕锟斤拷 賵 丕賱賲賵鬲 賵 賰賱 丕賱毓賳賮 丕賱匕賷 噩賱亘鬲賴 丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 .

馃崅丕賱禺賷賵胤 丕賱氐賮乇丕亍 :
丕賱禺賵賮 賲賳 丕賱賲噩賴賵賱 賵 丕賱睾賷乇丞 丕賱賳爻丕卅賷丞 /丕賱乇噩丕賱賷丞 賵 丕賱賲乇囟 丕賱匕賷 賮鬲賰 亘賲賳 亘賻賯賷 亘毓丿 丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘

馃崅丕賱禺賷賵胤 丕賱丨賲乇丕亍: 丕賱丨亘 丕賱丕賵賱 賵 鬲賱賰 丕賱賴丕賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 賷賰鬲爻亘賴丕 賲賳 賲丨囟 丕賱禺賷丕賱 賮賷 兀睾賱亘 丕賱兀丨賷丕賳
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" 爻兀賱鬲 丕賱賮 賲乇丞 兀賷 賱賴賮丞 賴匕賴 丕賱鬲賷 噩毓賱鬲賴丕 鬲賳鬲賲賷 噩爻丿丕 賵 乇賵丨丕 丕賱賶" 禺賵丕賰賷賳"貙賴賷 丕賱鬲賷 賱賲 鬲卮毓乇 賯胤 亘兀賳賴丕 爻毓賷丿丞 鬲賲丕賲丕 亘賷賳 匕乇丕毓賷賴貙賵 賱丕 賷賲賰賳賴丕 鬲賮爻賷乇 匕賱賰 廿賱丕 丕賳賴 丨亘賴丕 丕賱丕賵賱貙賰丕賳鬲 噩丕賴夭丞 丨賷賳 馗賴乇 賱賷賳夭賱 亘毓囟 丕賱氐賳丕丿賷賯 賵 賲丕 鬲亘賯賶 賰丕賳 卮賷卅丕 賲賳 丕賱睾乇賷夭丞 "

匕賱賰 丕賱丨亘 丕賱匕賷 賷毓氐賮 賵 賷賻賯賱亘 丕賱丨賷丕丞 貨 禺丕氐丞 賱賵 氐丕丿賮 卮禺氐賷丞 毓賳賷丿丞.
馃崅丕賱禺賷賵胤 丕賱禺囟乇丕亍 :
丕賱賴丿賮 丕賱匕賷 賳爻毓賶 丕賱賷賴 賵 賳鬲卮亘孬 亘賴 丨賱賲賳丕 丕賱禺丕氐 .
丕賱丨亘 丕賵 丕賱亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱賲毓乇賮丞 .鬲賱賰 丕賱乇丨賱丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲亘丿兀賴丕 亘丿丕賮毓 賵 鬲氐賱 丕賱賶 賳鬲賷噩丞 丕禺乇賶.兀睾賱亘 丕賱賵賯鬲

馃崅丕賱禺賷賵胤 丕賱亘賷囟丕亍 :
鬲賱賰 丕賱兀賷丕丿賷 丕賱亘賷囟丕亍 丕賱鬲賷 鬲毓胤賷 賲賳 賳賮爻賴丕 賱鬲賳賯匕 丕禺乇
.賱鬲丨丿孬 丕賱賮乇賯 丨鬲賶 賵 賱賵 亘爻賷胤 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱丕噩賵丕亍 丕賱毓賳賷賮丞 :
-丕賱爻賷丿丞 噩賵 兀賲 鬲賵賲 亘賱丕 賯亘賷賱丞 亘丕賱鬲亘賳賷 賵 鬲賮丕賳賷賴丕 賮賷 廿賳賯丕匕 賲乇囟賶 丕賱胤丕毓賵賳 .
-丕賱丨賻丿丕丿 賿噩賷賲爻 賵 賲賳馗賲鬲賴 丕賱毓亘賷丿 丕賱兀丨乇丕乇 賵 鬲丨賲賱賴 賰賱 丕賱廿賴丕賳丕鬲 賵 丕賱賴噩賵賲丕鬲 賮賷 爻亘賷賱賴丕 .
-丕賱胤亘賷亘 丕賱氐賷賳賷 鬲丕賵 卮賷賳 馃挄 丕賱匕賷 鬲賲賷夭 賮賷 噩賲毓賴 賱賰賱 丕賱禺賷賵胤 賵 噩毓賱賴丕 賲鬲賳丕爻賯丞.
猬咃笍 丕賱丨亘 丕賱丕賵賱 賵 賰賷賮 賵丕噩賴 賮賯丿賴 貨丕賳賯賱丕亘 丨賷丕鬲賴 賵 禺賵賮賴 賲賳 賲噩賴賵賱 賵 氐賲賵丿賴 .
賵 兀禺賷乇丕 鬲賱賰 丕賱乇丕亘胤丞 丕賱爻乇賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 兀賳卮丕賴丕 賱丕賳賯丕匕 賮鬲賷丕鬲 爻賷賳睾 賷賵賳睾.
匕賱賰 丕賱氐賷賳賷 丕賱匕賷 賰丕賳 乇賲夭 賱賱氐賲賵丿 賵 賱孬賯丕賮丞 賵 丨囟丕乇丞 丕賱氐賷賳 亘賵賱毓賴 亘丕賱丕賯丿丕賲 丕賱匕賴亘賷丞 貙亘鬲賮爻賷乇賴 賰賱 卮卅 亘 丕賱賰乇賲丕貙 亘孬賯丕賮丞 賷賷賳睾 賵 賷丕賳睾 .
丕賱匕賷賳 賱賷爻 賱丿賷賴賲 廿胤賱丕毓 毓賱賶 賴匕賴 丕賱丨囟丕乇丞 爻鬲丿賮毓賴賲 丕賱賰丕鬲亘丞 丿丕賮毓丕 賱賱亘丨孬 .

賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱禺賷賵胤 賰丕賳 廿胤丕乇賴丕 丕賱鬲卮賷賱賷貙丕賱氐賷賳 賵 兀賲乇賷賰丕.
胤賮鬲購 丕賱毓丕賱賲 亘賲賳鬲賴賶 丕賱禺賮丞 賵 丕賱賲乇賵賳丞 賰 鬲丿丨乇噩 賰乇丞 丕賱氐賵賮 亘賷賳 賷丿賷賴丕 .
賳鬲丕亘毓 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵爻胤 賰賱 賴匕賴 丕賱禺賷賵胤 丕賱鬲賷 賲乇丞 鬲鬲卮丕亘賰 貙賲乇丞 鬲鬲賳丕賮乇 賱賰賳 賰賱賴賲 賷賱鬲賯賵賳: 丕賲丕 賮賷 毓賳丕丿 丕賱丨亘 丕賵 毓賳丕丿 丕賱匕賴亘 .

賱丕 兀爻鬲胤賷毓 鬲噩丕賴賱 爻亘亘 禺卮賵賳丞 鬲賱賰 丕賱禺賷賵胤 :
廿賳 賵囟毓 丕賱賳爻丕亍 賮賷 鬲賱賰 丕賱兀夭賲賳丞 賷鬲爻賲 亘 丕賱鬲丿賳賷 賵 丕賱丕丨鬲賯丕乇: 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賱賷爻 賱賴丕 丕賱丨賯 賮賷 丕賱鬲氐乇賮 丕賱賲丕賱賷 賵 賱丕 鬲胤賲丨 丕賳 鬲毓胤賷 乇兀賷賴丕. 賰丕賳鬲 鬲丕亘毓 賱賱乇噩賱 :
丨鬲賶 賮賷 丕賱丕卮賷丕亍 亘爻賷胤丞 : 賷賯乇兀 乇爻丕卅賱 賲賵噩賴丞 丕賱賷賴丕 賯亘賱賴丕 賵 賷爻賲丨 亘賲乇賵乇 丕賵 丕賱睾丕亍 丨爻亘 賲夭丕噩賴.
賱賷爻 賱賴丕 賲氐乇賵賮 禺丕氐 亘賴丕:
亘賱 丕賰孬乇 賲賳 匕賱賰 賮賷 鬲毓亘賷乇賴丕 賴賷 毓賳 丕賱丨亘 : 賯胤毓鬲 丕賱毓丕賱賲 賵 賲爻鬲毓丿丞 丕賳 丕賰賵賳 禺丕丿賲丞 賵 毓亘丿丞 賱賴 .
廿賰乇丕賲 賱亘賳賷 噩賳爻賷 丕禺鬲乇鬲 禺卮賵賳丞.(毓賵囟 毓賳 賱賮馗 丕禺乇)
乇睾賲 匕賱賰 鬲賲賷夭鬲 亘毓囟 卮禺氐賷丕鬲 賲孬賱 丌賳爻丞 乇賵夭 鉂�
鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 鬲賻賲乇爻鬲 亘 毓丕丿丕鬲 賲噩鬲賲毓賴丕 賱賰賳 亘賮胤賳丞 賲賳賴丕 賵 匕賰丕亍 鬲丨丕賷賱鬲 賱鬲丨賯賯 噩夭亍 賲賳 匕丕鬲賴丕.
鬲賱賰 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 禺亘乇鬲 賲丕賴賷丞 丕賱乇噩丕賱 賵 賰丕賳鬲 鬲賯丿賲 賳氐丕卅丨 鬲賳賯卮 亘賲丕亍 匕賴亘 賮賷 賰賷賮賷丞 賲毓丕賲賱鬲賴賲.
賵 胤亘毓丕 賱賱禺亘乇丞 孬賲賳 賵 賱賯丿 丿賮毓鬲賴 賴匕丕 丕賱孬賲賳 睾丕賱賷丕
丿賮毓鬲賴 亘賰賱 賰亘乇賷丕亍 賵 毓丕卮鬲 亘毓丿賴 賰 賲賳鬲氐乇丞 賱丕 賰 囟丨賷丞.
賱賰賳 賴賱 賰丕賳鬲 丨賯丕 賰匕賱賰 責
賴賱 乇賮囟賴丕 賱賱丨亘 賵 丕賱夭賵丕噩 賵 鬲賰乇賷爻 丨賷丕鬲賴丕 賱亘賳丕亍 丕爻鬲賯賱丕賱賷鬲賴丕 爻賷亘賯賶 毓賱賶 丨丕賱賴 丨賷賳 鬲胤乇兀 賲爻鬲噩丿丕鬲 丕禺乇賶 責

賵 鬲賲賷夭 亘毓囟 丕賱乇噩丕賱 丕賱匕賷賳 賰丕賳賵丕 賷毓丕賲賱賵賳 丕賱賲乇兀丞 賰卮禺氐 賱賴 丨賯賵賯 賵 丨乇賷丕鬲:
噩丕賷賰賵亘 丕賱匕賷 丿丕賮毓 毓賳 丨賯 丕賱賷夭丕 賮賷 丕賱鬲毓賱賷賲 匕賱賰 丕賱匕賷 兀丨亘 丕賲乇丕丞 賲爻鬲賯賱丞 賵 匕丕鬲 卮禺氐賷丞. 睾賷乇鬲 賮賷賴.

丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 : 丕賱氐亘賷丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕賳賯賱亘 丨馗賴丕 賵 賲爻鬲賯亘賱賴丕 丨賷賳 乇賰亘鬲 賮賷 丕賱爻賮賷賳丞 賵 爻丕賮乇鬲 丕賱賶 賰丕賱賷賮賵乇賳賷丕
丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗: 亘丕賵賱賷賳丕 丕賱賲乇兀丞 丕賱鬲賷 丿丕賮毓鬲 毓賳 丕禺鬲賷丕乇賴丕 貙匕丕鬲 丕賱毓賯賱 丕賱匕賰賷 賵 丕賱鬲噩丕乇賷 .氐丕丨亘丞 爻賮賷賳丞 丕賱丨馗
廿亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 : 丌賳爻丞 乇賵夭 丕賱廿賳噩賱賷夭賷丞 丕賱噩乇賷卅丞 丕賱鬲賷 丕禺鬲丕乇鬲 賵 鬲丨賲賱鬲 賲爻丐賱賷丞 匕賱賰 亘卮噩丕毓丞 賵 賱賲 鬲禺噩賱 賲賳 廿毓鬲乇丕賮 亘禺胤丕亍賴丕 賵 爻毓賷 賱鬲氐丨賷丨賴 .

廿亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗 乇賵丕賷丞 賲賳 氐毓亘 賰鬲丕亘丞 賲乇丕噩毓丞 賱賴丕 賱鬲卮毓亘 丕賱丕丨丿丕孬 賵 賱丕 丕乇賷丿 丨乇賯賴丕.
賵 賱丕賳賴丕 禺賷賵胤 賲賳 丕賱氐賵賮 賲鬲賱丕丨賲丞 賮賷賲丕 亘賷賳賴丕貨
賰賱 丕賱卮禺氐賷丕鬲 兀孬乇鬲 賵 鬲兀孬乇鬲 亘鬲賱賰 丕賱禺賷賵胤.
丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丕丨乇丞 賵 丕賱爻乇丿 丕賱禺賮賷賮 丕賱乇丕賯賷 賵 丕賱賴丕丿卅 賰丕賳 兀賮囟賱 廿亘乇丞 丨賰賷鬲 亘賴丕 賴匕賴 丕賱賯胤毓丞 丕賱賮賳賷丞
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丿禺鬲乇 亘禺鬲 鬲賵氐蹖賮 毓卮賯 丿乇 卮讴賱賴丕蹖 賲禺鬲賱賮 丕爻鬲貙 毓卮賯賴丕蹖蹖 讴賴 賴乇 讴丿丕賲 亘賴 賳丨賵蹖 夭蹖亘丕 賴爻鬲賳丿貙 丕賱蹖夭丕 丿禺鬲乇蹖 讴賴 亘賴 丿賳亘丕賱 亘禺鬲 禺賵蹖卮 乇賮鬲 賵 丿乇 丕蹖賳 乇丕賴 趩蹖夭賴丕蹖 亘丕丕乇夭卮 夭蹖丕丿蹖 亘賴 丿爻鬲 丌賵乇丿.
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July 20, 2020
This is an interesting historical fiction about a Chilean woman, Eliza Sommers, who comes to San Francisco during the California Gold Rush. She is hunting for her lover, Joaquin Andiata, who left Chile for the gold fields of California.

The book is well written and researched. Allende states she spent seven years researching this book. So many books have people coming from Europe to the California Gold Rush. It was great to read a story where the key people come from South America. Allende is a great storyteller, and I felt I was with Eliza in Chile, on the ship and in California. I could almost hear, smell and see the scenes she described. The ending left me feeling as if the book was not over. Is this book part of a series or trilogy? I noted the book was published in 1998 in Spanish by Plaza & Janes and translated to English in 1999. It was featured as in Oprah鈥檚 Book Club in February 2000. I recommend this book.

I read this as an audiobook downloaded from Audible. The book is thirteen hours and nineteen minutes. Blair Brown does a good job narrating the book. Brown is a Tony Award winning actress. Brown also won the Ace Award and was nominated for five Emmy Awards. I wondered if the narration would have been even better if done by a person with a native Chilean/Spanish accent.
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June 8, 2022
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For a work that was first published in 1998 Daughter of Fortune strikes me as something more suited to the 1970s. Don't get me wrong, I love Isabel Allende's work and she is one of my favourite authors, however, at the risk of coming across as an oversensitive zillennial, her mystification of China struck me as rather old-fashioned. The way Allende portrays other cultures and groups relies on clich茅s. Yes, some of these characters were, for the most part, 'harmless' stereotypes, but nonetheless, they did induce an eye-roll or two on my part (for instance, every indigenous woman from Chile is cuvacious and passionate).

As with many other novels by Allende Daughter of Fortune is very heavy on the telling. There are very few, if any, dialogues, which did occasionally distance me from the events Allende narrated. Still, her storytelling, for the most part, kept me engaged in the characters and their stories.
The novel begins in Chile during the 1840s. Eliza Sommers, a Chilean girl and the novel's central character, is adopted by Rose Sommers, an unmarried Briton. Rose lives with her strict older brother and tries to raise Eliza as a 'proper' Victorian lady. Eliza, however, goes on to fall head-over-heels in love with a Chilean man of 'dubious' character. When her beloved is struck by gold fever and leaves for California, a bereft Eliza will risk her own life to be reunited with him.
The story definitely takes its time, and, the first few chapters are less focused on Eliza than a tertiary character, a certain Jacob Todd who travels to Chile after making a bet. He falls for Rose but she clearly does return his affection. We also read about his friends, Feliciano Rodriguez de Santa Cruz and his wife, whose role in the novel feels rather superfluous. During Part I we also learn more about Rose and her brothers and of Eliza's childhood with them.
The remainder of the novel details Eliza's epic journey to find the man she loves. During this time Eliza becomes acquainted with Tao Chi'en, a shanghaied physician who for a time worked as a cook on a ship captained by Rose's other brother, John. Across two lengthy chapters, Allende recounts Tao's life, from his early days to his marriage and, after his wife's death, of his eventual disillusionment. Once in California Eliza and Tao grow closer and it is their bond that truly makes this novel. Allende, quite clearly, shows that Eliza's feelings towards her paramour lead her to idealize this poco di buono man. Yet, her devotion towards him is such that she is willing to spend years of her life in search of him, passing as a young man in order to travel with more freedom.
The novel is certainly full of drama and Allende frequently falls prey to sappy platitudes (about love, destiny, desire, womanhood).
But whereas I could easily overlook Allende's tendency towards the melodramatic, I had a harder time looking past her clich茅d portrayal of China, its culture, and people. When the narrative is relating Tao's youth, Allende, quite out of the blue, feels the obligation of using a metaphor involving rice (when describing a Chinese mother's grief: 鈥渢he little girl鈥檚 accident was like the grain of rice that makes the bowl overflow.鈥�). Tao, who is in his thirties, is described looking as sometimes looking like a teenager, and, 鈥渁ncient as a turtle鈥�, so that 鈥渋t was easy then to believe that he had lived many centuries鈥�. Whyyyyyy do we have to compare the one Chinese character to a turtle?! And of course, because he is an East Asian man he has to have 鈥渄elicate 鈥� hands.
Allende includes many other stereotypes about China, and I just have very little patience for this sort of stuff. It didn't help that Allende includes a plethora of clich茅s (such as prostitutes with hearts of gold, or Eliza 'rescuing' a Native American boy....come on Allende!).
Yes, there were many beautiful descriptions and Allende clearly researched this period of history but I had a hard time getting to like or care for her characters (who are racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, judgemental, anti-abortion). While it made sense, given that the story takes place during the 1840s, it made it difficult for me to actually relate or sympathize with the characters. Eliza was beautiful (in an unconventional way, of course), kind, and clever. The classic heroine. Her love for this guy was definitely of the insta-love variety, and while the narrative does point this out, I struggled to understand what possessed her to follow this guy whose blandness is such that I cannot recollect his name.
I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that the development between Tao and Eliza, and it was refreshing to see a Chinese man be not only one of the main characters but the heroine's love interest. I wish the novel had focused exclusively on them, with less of the 'will they won't they' subplot.
Overall, the novel is kind of cheesy and rather dated. Still, fans of Allende who are less 'sensitive' than I am will probably enjoy this a lot more than I did.
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March 22, 2009
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" 賷亘丿賵 賱賷 兀賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕賸 噩卅賳丕 賳亘丨孬 毓賳 卮賷亍 賵賵噩丿賳丕 卮賷卅丕賸 丌禺乇 "

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February 15, 2023
Hija de la fortuna constituye la primera entrega -en t茅rminos cronol贸gicos- de la trilog铆a familiar creada por Allende en la que nos sumergimos en las desventuras de un c煤mulo de familias en sus distintas generaciones mientras como tel贸n de fondo la autora nos ofrece una cr贸nica social y cultural del siglo XIX.

La protagonista de esta historia es Eliza, una joven hu茅rfana que es acogida por los Sommers, unos hermanos brit谩nicos que residen en Valpara铆so, Chile, y que le permiten criarse entre los lujos de la alta sociedad inglesa pero tambi茅n entre la cotidianidad de los sirvientes y la sabidur铆a pagana de 茅stos. El inicio de la historia, correspondiente con los primeros a帽os de Eliza, es lento. Sin embargo la historia va cobrando vigor y fuerza a medida que avanza hasta llegar a su punto de inflexi贸n cuando Eliza conoce a Joaqu铆n, un joven que desata en ella una pasi贸n inusitada y la ilusi贸n de un amor que la lleva a surcar un oc茅ano y seguirlo hasta las desconocidas tierras de California en medio de la fiebre del oro.

La historia de una joven criada para desenvolverse en sociedad es r谩pidamente reducida a las cenizas de una expectativa jam谩s alcanzada y Eliza acaba convertida en una mujer dispuesta a todo por reencontrarse con el hombre que ama y que en su b煤squeda se topa con el ins贸lito regalo de la libertad. En una tierra sin leyes, donde colisionan culturas, donde prima la audacia del m谩s sagaz y la ventaja del m谩s fuerte, una tierra de bandidos y prostitutas en la que vestida de hombre y desligada de la 煤nica identidad que conoci贸, Eliza se convierte en la mujer que nunca imagin贸 y redescubre nociones como el prop贸sito, la complicidad y la pasi贸n en compa帽铆a del m谩s inesperado de los aliados. Tao, un joven chino en busca de sabidur铆a, atormentado por la viudez y en busca de reconciliarse con su propio esp铆ritu y de regresar a China acaba constituy茅ndose como un singular pero irrevocable h茅roe rom谩ntico sin propon茅rselo.

Allende demuestra una vez m谩s su habilidad para crear relatos complejos, ricos en su reflejo hist贸rico, sus condenados secretos y su entendimiento de la condici贸n humana.
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November 22, 2021
賴賱 鬲鬲丨賰賲 "兀賲夭噩鬲賳丕" 賮賷 丨賰賲賳丕 毓賱賶 賰鬲丕亘 賲毓賷賳責! .. 賴賱 丕賱賯乇丕亍丞 鬲丨鬲丕噩 賱胤賯賵爻 賲毓賷賳丞 "卮禺氐賷丞" 毓賱賶 賰賱 卮禺氐 兀賳 賷購賯丿爻賴丕 賵毓賳丿賲丕 賱丕 鬲鬲賵賮乇 毓賱賷賴 兀賳 賱丕 賷賯鬲乇亘 賲賳 兀賷 賰鬲丕亘責! .. .. 亘毓丿 賯乇丕亍鬲賷 賱賴匕賴 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 丕賱廿噩丕亘丞 賴賷 "賳毓賲" .. .. "丕亘賳丞 丕賱丨馗" 賯乇兀鬲 賲賳賴丕 爻丕亘賯丕賸 10 氐賮丨丕鬲 鬲賯乇賷亘丕賸 賵賱賲 兀爻鬲胤毓 兀亘丿丕賸 丕賱丕爻鬲賲乇丕乇貙 賵丕賱丨賲丿 賱賱賴 兀賳賷 兀噩賱鬲賴丕 賮賯胤 賵賱賲 兀丨賰賲 毓賱賷賴丕 亘丕賱廿毓丿丕賲貙 賴匕賴 丕賱賲乇丞 賲賳 丕賱氐賮丨丞 丕賱兀賵賱賶 賰兀賳賳賷 兀賯乇兀 卮賷亍 丌禺乇 賱賷爻 賱賴 毓賱丕賯丞 亘丕賱毓卮乇 丕賱氐賮丨丕鬲 丕賱爻丕亘賯丞 .. .. 賷亘丿賵 兀賳賳賷 賷噩亘 兀賳 兀爻鬲兀賳賮 賮賷 丨賰賲賷 毓賱賶 丕賱毓丿賷丿 賲賳 丕賱賰鬲亘 丕賱鬲賷 丨賰賲鬲 毓賱賷賴丕 亘丕賱廿毓丿丕賲

丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 賮賷 爻丕賳 賮乇丕賳爻賷爻賰賵 爻賳丞 1848 賰丕賳 賳賯胤丞 丕賱鬲丨賵賱 賮賷 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 賵丕賱亘丿丕賷丞 丕賱賮毓賱賷丞 賱賴丕 (乇睾賲 兀賳 鬲爻賱爻賱 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 亘丿兀 賲賳 爻賳丞 1843) 賮賴匕賴 丕賱賲賳胤賯丞 賰丕賳鬲 賰丕賱賲睾賳丕胤賷爻貙 噩匕亘鬲 丕賱賳丕爻 賲賳 噩賲賷毓 丕賱亘賯丕毓: 兀賲乇賷賰丕 丕賱賱丕鬲賷賳賷丞 貙兀賵乇賵亘丕貙 丕賱氐賷賳 .. .. 賵賰丕賳 丕賱匕賴亘 丕賱賴丕噩爻 賵丕賱賲丨乇賰 賱賴匕賴 丕賱賴噩乇丞 賮賰賱 卮禺氐 賵噩丿賴丕 兀乇囟 丕賱賮乇氐 賵丕賱亘丿丕賷丕鬲 丕賱噩丿賷丿丞 賵賳爻賷丕賳 丕賱賲丕囟賷 .. .. 丕賲鬲夭噩鬲 丕賱兀毓乇丕賯 賵丕賱賱睾丕鬲 賵丕賱毓丕丿丕鬲 丕賱賲禺鬲賱賮丞 賵賳鬲噩鬲 丕賱氐乇丕毓丕鬲 丕賱爻賷丕爻賷丞貙 丕賱丕賯鬲氐丕丿賷丞 賵丕賱丕噩鬲賲丕毓賷丞 貙 鬲胤賵乇鬲 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 賵丕賱亘賳賷丕賳 賵 丕賱賯賵丕賳賷賳 賵乇睾賲 丕賳鬲賴丕亍 丨賲賶 丕賱匕賴亘 賱賰賳 丕賱賲丿賷賳丞 亘賯鬲 賵丕爻鬲賲乇鬲 賵丕夭丿賴乇鬲 亘爻亘亘 廿賲賰丕賳賷丕鬲 賵賲賵丕乇丿 兀禺乇賶 爻丕賴賲 丕賱匕賴亘 賮賷 丕賰鬲卮丕賮賴丕 亘胤乇賷賯丞 睾賷乇 賲亘丕卮乇丞 .. .. .. 乇睾賲 兀賳賴丕 鬲亘丿賵 兀丨丿丕孬 賵 丨賯丕卅賯 噩丕賮丞 "賮廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷" 兀囟丕賮鬲 丕賱胤丕亘毓 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳賷 賱賴匕賴 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵氐丕睾鬲賴丕 賱賳丕 賮賷 乇賵丕賷丞 乇丕卅毓丞 鬲氐賮 賮毓賱丕賸 賲毓賳賶 賰賱賲丞 "丕賱賵丕賯毓賷丞 丕賱爻丨乇賷丞" 丕賱鬲賷 丕鬲氐賮鬲 亘賴丕 乇賵丕賷丕鬲 廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷

鬲賲賱賰鬲賳賷 "乇賵丕卅丨" 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞貙 賮賱賰賱 乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳賵丕賳 賵 丕賱乇賵丕賷丞 毓賳賵丕賳賴丕 " 丕賱乇賵丕卅丨" 賰賷賮 賱丕 賵丕賱卮禺氐賷丞 丕賱乇卅賷爻賷丞 廿賱賷孬丕 丕賱鬲賷 鬲氐賮 兀賳賮賴丕 "亘兀賳賮 丕賱賰賱亘" 賰賱 卮禺氐貙 賲賰丕賳貙 丨丿孬 賵匕賰乇賶 鬲購氐賳賽賾賮賴 賵鬲購毓乇賽賾賮賴 賱賳賮爻賴丕 亘丕賱乇丕卅丨丞 .. .. 廿賱賷孬丕 禺乇噩鬲 鬲亘丨孬 毓賳 丨亘賷亘賴丕貙 鬲丕賵 卮賷賷賳 禺乇噩 賷亘丨孬 毓賳 丕賱毓賱賲 賵丕賱丨賰賲丞 鬲賯丕胤毓鬲 亘賴賲 丕賱胤乇賯 賵鬲賵丕賱鬲 丕賱兀丨丿丕孬 賵 賵噩丿丕 丕賱爻賱丕賲 賮賷 卮賷亍 丌禺乇 .. .. .. "丕賯鬲亘丕爻":- 賷亘丿賵 兀賳賳丕 噩賲賷毓丕賸 噩卅賳丕 賳亘丨孬 毓賳 卮賷亍 賵賵噩丿賳丕 卮賷卅丕賸 丌禺乇

兀賵賱 賯乇丕亍丞 賱廿賷夭丕亘賷賱 丕賱賱賷賳丿賷 賵亘丕賱鬲兀賰賷丿 賱賳 鬲賰賵賳 丕賱兀禺賷乇丞


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713 reviews140 followers
January 12, 2022
Posvojena u englesku emigrantsku obitelj, djevoj膷ica Eliza odrastala je u 膶ileu, u gradi膰u Valparaiso. Uzorna obitelj, s kapetanom u obitelji bila je dio visokog dru拧tva, koliko je tada i tamo to bilo mogu膰e. Doba zlatne groznice upoznajemo nakon 拧to glavna protagonistica po膽e u potragu za svojim ljubavnikom Joaquimom koji odlazi u Kaliforniju. 沤ivot joj se mijenja iz temelja, prepu拧tena je samo sebi sa svojih 拧esnaest godina u nepoznatom svijetu. Odjevena u mu拧karca kako bi mogla neprimjetno putovati, upoznaje 拧arolike likove i njihove sudbine.

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May 13, 2012
The story begins in Valparaiso, Chile and is focused around Eliza Sommers. An infant Eliza was abandoned on the doorstep of Rose and Jeremy Sommers (brother and sister), and Rose raised Eliza as the daughter. One day, Englishman Jacob Todd comes to Chile, supposedly as a missionary out to convert the heathen population. Many, many pages then ensue with endless bits of information about Todd's life in Chile and his socializing with the Sommers until he's finally run out of town. How exciting that was. Not.

The story then switches to a more grown up Eliza who has found her twu wuv fowevar and she'd like nothing better than to marry him, but him being poor and not white that's not going to be an option so the two have secret sex in the storeroom when everyone is asleep. How exciting that was. Not.

Then finally, things show signs of picking up - there's gold in them thar hills in California and Eliza's lover runs off to make his fortune. Eliza isn't having none of that, especially when she finds she's pregnant, so she plots to get on a ship to California and find him. I know, I know - it's a big state and all, but she's going to find him dammit. Eliza can't just buy passage on an outbound ship (small town and all), so she stumbles upon Tao Chi'en, who sneaks her on the ship he's working on and hides her away.

Being pregnant and all she's soon sick as sick can be, but miracle of miracles (!!!), Tao Chi'en is a doctor. And just so's we know he's a real doctor we get pages upon pages of details about his life in China and how he became a doctor until he was shanghaied. Endless pages of details, just so we know the author did her research. How exciting that was. Not.

OK, so it took 200+ pages before our intrepid pair get to San Francisco, so you think things would pick up, right? Not. You then get another 200 pages of Eliza and Tao Chi'en making their way around searching for the lost boyfriend. Or Eliza striking out on her own searching for the lost boyfriend. Or all about Eliza dressing as a man and meeting up with an odd group of misfits and the boring life they led. How exciting that was. Not.

Frankly, I am flummoxed at all the rave reviews from all those professional type newspaper reviewers. Perhaps this is another one of those literary books that everyone loves because we're supposed to love because *everyone* says we're supposed to love it. Perhaps it's just me again, but this was probably the most boring novel ever, topped off with the longest paragraphs I've ever seen outside of a Nathaniel Hawthorne novel - although Hawthorne can tell a good story. This author, cannot.
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