false 23503 14 During the English Age of Reason, a woman cloistered since birth learns that knowledge is no substitute for experience.<br><br>Raised by her father in near isolation in the English countryside, Emilie Selden is trained as a brilliant natural philosopher and alchemist. In the spring of 1725, father and daughter embark upon their most daring alchemical experiment to date&#8212;attempting to breathe life into dead matter. But when Emilie&#8212;against her father&#8217;s wishes&#8212;experiences the passion of first love, she is banished to London, where she soon discovers she knows nothing about human nature&#8212;or her own family&#8217;s complicated past. So begins her shocking journey to enlightenment. <br><br><br>Also available as a Random House Large Print edition and as an eBook 24463 24 10 2006 The Alchemist's Daughter: A Novel total:771|5:62|4:235|3:298|2:147|1:29| 771 2467 1222 137 1 2 false true Wed Mar 26 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 21 20:34:58 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 26 19:35:22 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 5 false false Fri Jan 16 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 13 13:45:47 -0800 2009 Fri Jan 16 15:33:21 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 16:33:46 -0700 2009 Sat Sep 26 17:02:13 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 27 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Feb 25 15:32:24 -0800 2009 Fri Feb 27 14:52:42 -0800 2009 --Emily makes some really bad mistakes, mostly the kind that are based on the part of her character that acquiesces to pretty much everything: 1) she always does what her father tells her, and the only "challenging" she does is when it comes to their scientific observa...more...]]> 2 0 false false Wed Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 13:17:29 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 14 13:25:06 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 14:51:38 -0700 2008 Thu Jun 26 05:58:00 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Sun May 31 13:34:43 -0700 2009 Tue Jun 02 09:36:12 -0700 2009 protagonist (first person narrative) is the daughter
of a student of Sir Isaac Newton. Her father has
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other children. He is descended from a long line of
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