Nov 14, 2022ZepedaL rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
A retelling of Madame Bovary, with the cringeworthy Lavinia Waterman as M. Homais, Caroline Black as M. Lheurueux, and Mr. Jackson as Rodolphe/Leon. Tracy Chevalier's prose could not be more different than Flaubert's, while both are…
Jan 22, 2019Llaureys66 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is the third novel I have read from Tracy Chevalier and I want more! Falling Angels is a great historical novel about the suffrage movement and life and death post Victorian and beginning of 20th century. The characters are…
Tracy C. is a great writer and this book is so engrossing I could hardly put it down.
I loved Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Runaway also, but this is my favorite so far.
Wow, this seems to be the only book that might touch on the women's rights movement - the Suffragettes in Britain. With the late release of the excellent film on the subject I see nothing else available at SPL except a few books about the…
Dec 22, 2014WVMLStaffPicks rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Another gem from the author of Girl with a Pearl Earring. Set in Edwardian England, two young girls meet in a cemetery on the eve of Queen Victoria’s death. Although they come from different classes, and families with very different social…
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Aggie3
Jun 28, 2014Aggie3 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
Loved this book! Great read. Tracy Chevalier is able to transport the reader right in the center of the action. This is the author to bring you historical fiction at it's finest.
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sharonb122
Feb 05, 2013sharonb122 rated this title 5 out of 5 stars
This is one of my favorite books of all time. the descriptions of Victorian England practices for death and mourning were facinating as well as the women's rights issues. Characters were well written and compelling. Would read it again.
Aug 26, 2005GingerKaren rated this title 4 out of 5 stars
Two families meet on the day after Queen Victoria?s death in the graveyard at neighboring graves to mourn family members. A friendship begins between the two young girls and the grave digger?s son is becomes the center of the story. As the…
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