Daughter of Fortune: A Novel

Isabel Allende

HarperCollins, May 2, 2006 - Fiction - 432 pages

An orphan raised in Valparaíso, 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 and prostitutes, creating an unconventional but independent life for herself. The young Chilean's search for her elusive lover gradually turns into another kind of journey, and by the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.

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Review: Daughter of Fortune (Tripartite #1)

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4.5**** Audio book performed by Blair Brown. This is an historical novel set during the mid-19th century and taking the reader from South America to China to California during the Gold Rush. The story ...

Review: Daughter of Fortune (Tripartite #1)

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This is one of those books that fills me with self-doubt as a reader. I can understand why this novel has received critical acclaim. The writing is technically outstanding. Allenda vividly captures ...

Contents

• Eliza: 3
• The English: 22
• Senoritas: 43
• A Ruined Reputation: 58
• Suitors: 71
• Miss Rose: 85
• The News: 119
• The Farewell: 139
• The Argonauts: 222
• The Secret: 247
• El Dorado: 269
• Business Dealings: 287
• Soiled Doves: 300
• Singsong Girls: 337
• An Unusual Pair: 367

About the author

Isabel Allende is the author of nine novels, translated into more than twenty-seven languages, including the New York Times bestsellers InÉs of My Soul, Portrait in Sepia, and Daughter of Fortune. In 2004 she was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letters. Born in Peru and raised in Chile, she lives in California.

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Nacida en PerÚ y criada en Chile, Isabel Allende es la autora de nueve novelas incluyendo mÁs recientemente Zorro, Retrato en Sepia, Hija de la Fortuna e InÉs del Alma MÍa. TambiÉn ha escrito cuentos cortos, tres libros autobiogrÁficos incluyendo Mi PaÍs Inventado y Paula, y una trilogÍa de libros para jÓvenes. Sus libros han sido traducidos a mÁs de 27 idiomas y son bestsellers a travÉs del mundo entero. En 2004, fue nombrada a la Academia de Artes y Letras de los Estados Unidos. Vive en California.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Daughter of Fortune: A Novel
• Author: Isabel Allende
• Edition: reprint
• Publisher: HarperCollins, 2006
• ISBN: 0061120251, 9780061120251
• Length: 432 pages
• Subjects: Fiction / Historical; Fiction / Literary; Fiction / Thrillers / Suspense