<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<GoodreadsResponse>
	<Request>
		<authentication>false</authentication>
		    <method><![CDATA[]]></method>
	</Request>
	
<book>
  <id>398138</id>
  <title><![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella)]]></title>
  <isbn><![CDATA[0976658313]]></isbn>
  <isbn13><![CDATA[9780976658313]]></isbn13>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885m/398138.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885s/398138.jpg</small_image_url>
  <description><![CDATA[<p>Balzac's erotically charged tale of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth-century Paris is a daring classic. The hero, jaded in his pursuit of pleasure and novelty, falls into an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Through his growing attachment to her, he falls deeper and deeper into a dangerous web of forbidden desire. Incest, homosexuality, sexual slavery, and violence combine in the shocking conclusion of this taboo-breaking work.</p>]]></description>
  <work>
  <best_book_id type="integer">25937</best_book_id>
  <books_count type="integer">36</books_count>
  <desc_user_id type="integer" nil="true"></desc_user_id>
  <id type="integer">233419</id>
  <media_type nil="true"></media_type>
  <original_language_id type="integer" nil="true"></original_language_id>
  <original_publication_day type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_day>
  <original_publication_month type="integer" nil="true"></original_publication_month>
  <original_publication_year type="integer">1835</original_publication_year>
  <original_title>The Girl With The Golden Eyes</original_title>
  <rating_dist>total:115|5:27|4:31|3:40|2:11|1:6|</rating_dist>
  <ratings_count type="integer">115</ratings_count>
  <ratings_sum type="integer">407</ratings_sum>
  <reviews_count type="integer">178</reviews_count>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">11</text_reviews_count>
</work>

  <average_rating><![CDATA[3.54]]></average_rating>
  <ratings_count><![CDATA[12]]></ratings_count>
  <text_reviews_count><![CDATA[3]]></text_reviews_count>
  
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398138.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398138.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes]]></link>
  <authors>
    <author>
    <id>228089</id>
        <name><![CDATA[Honoré de Balzac]]></name>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206567834p5/228089.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/authors/1206567834p2/228089.jpg]]></small_image_url>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/228089.Honor_de_Balzac]]></link>
    <average_rating>3.76</average_rating>
    <ratings_count>6499</ratings_count>
    <text_reviews_count>517</text_reviews_count>
  </author>
  </authors>
    <reviews start="1" end="20" total="179">
      <review>
  <id>48859302</id>
    <user>
    <id>999522</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Alaina]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/999522-alaina]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213410505p3/999522.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1213410505p2/999522.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.53</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>68</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="fiction" />
        <shelf name="queer" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Wed Mar 11 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Mar 10 17:46:59 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 17:04:56 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Dear Balzac, there is no man knows crimes of passion like you!  <br/><br/>The vice of passion is one of Balzac's favorite themes, and he writes on it brilliantly in this book.  In this work, the vice in question is Lesbianism, for which Pacquita pays fittingly by dying at the hands of her  jealous...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48859302">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48859302]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48859302]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>561952</id>
    <user>
    <id>4693</id>
    <name><![CDATA[علی]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[3050, Denmark]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/4693]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243249939p3/4693.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1243249939p2/4693.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="classic-fictions" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Apr 04 00:59:36 -0700 2007</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Apr 04 00:59:46 -0700 2007</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I read Balzac first, when I was very young, and I enjoyed the stories very much. The second time was when I became interested in history. That was even better. One (who?) has said that ”for better understanding France in 19. century, you’d better read Balzac”. He is the auther of ”Studies of...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/561952">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/561952]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/561952]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>34206349</id>
    <user>
    <id>580687</id>
    <name><![CDATA[B-MO]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Flint, MI]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/580687-b-mo]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193430444p3/580687.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1193430444p2/580687.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">3935654</id>
  <isbn>1421803534</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781421803531</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3935654.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[One of those sights in which most horror is to be encountered is, surely, the general aspect of the Parisian populace - a people fearful to behold, gaunt, yellow, tawny. Is not Paris a vast field in perpetual turmoil from a storm of interests beneath which are whirled along a crop of human beings, who are, more often than not, reaped by death, only to be born again as pinched as ever, men whose twisted and contorted faces give out at every pore the instinct, the desire, the poisons with which their brains are pregnant; not faces so much as masks; masks of weakness, masks of strength, masks of misery, masks of joy, masks of hypocrisy; all alike worn and stamped with the indelible signs of a panting cupidity? What is it they want? Gold or pleasure? A few observations upon the soul of Paris may explain the causes of its cadaverous physiognomy, which has but two ages - youth and decay: youth, wan and colorless; decay, painted to seem young. In looking at this excavated people, foreigners, who are not prone to reflection, experience at first a movement of disgust towards the capital, that vast workshop of delights, from which, in a short time, they cannot even extricate themselves, and where they stay willingly to be corrupted. A few words will suffice to justify physiologically the almost infernal hue of Parisian faces, for it is not in mere sport that Paris has been called a hell. Take the phrase for truth.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="fiction" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[History Buffs for the first half of the book....writers....]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Sep 20 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Tue Sep 30 11:05:48 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Sep 30 11:12:50 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This book had a really weird composition. It starts out, the authors description of Paris in the years ????. He describes various sets of people who inhabit Paris, how they spend their days, what their pluses and minuses in his eyes are.  This description must go on for about half of the book, and i...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34206349">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34206349]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34206349]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78371749</id>
    <user>
    <id>972138</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Charly]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Bellevue, WA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/972138-charly]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212051601p3/972138.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1212051601p2/972138.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sat Nov 14 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Nov 19 17:27:44 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Nov 19 17:30:55 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Though it begins with some promise with astute (and highly pessimistic) observations of the Parisian character, that is where it should have stayed. The novel itself is abrupt, disturbing, confusing, and dour. Pass on this, and read <em>Père Goriot</em> I should note, however, that Balzac's home and gardens...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78371749">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78371749]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78371749]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>48956232</id>
    <user>
    <id>607038</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Debby]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Paoli, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/607038-debby-nemecek]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196646852p3/607038.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1196646852p2/607038.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>1</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Mar 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Mar 11 14:29:06 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Mar 11 14:31:04 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[I just didn't &quot;get it.&quot;  A short book, but at points I could not follow the story and at points I found it innane &amp; insane.  Some points I did enjoy the detailed descriptions of the various characters that make up Paris or the detail of a room.  But at the end, my thoguh was just - Huh?]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48956232]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/48956232]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>69408469</id>
    <user>
    <id>2442290</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Mashi]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Tehran, 28, Iran, Islamic Republic of]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2442290-mashi]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252127051p3/2442290.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1252127051p2/2442290.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="some-years-ago" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 1992</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Aug 29 23:04:36 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Aug 29 23:56:46 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[A nice sweet story...<br/>I was a teenage girl when I read it!It had a great influence on me.The scenes were incredibly tangible &amp; professionally figured out!<br/>An extra-ordinary beautiful girl with a lot of lovers who was killed by her own brother...]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69408469]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/69408469]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>39811574</id>
    <user>
    <id>1338016</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Rachel]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Somerville, MA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1338016-rachel]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1227807403p3/1338016.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1227807403p2/1338016.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">398138</id>
  <isbn>0976658313</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780976658313</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885m/398138.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885s/398138.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398138.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.33</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>12</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p>Balzac's erotically charged tale of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth-century Paris is a daring classic. The hero, jaded in his pursuit of pleasure and novelty, falls into an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Through his growing attachment to her, he falls deeper and deeper into a dangerous web of forbidden desire. Incest, homosexuality, sexual slavery, and violence combine in the shocking conclusion of this taboo-breaking work.</p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="art-of-the-novella-series" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Dec 10 14:59:32 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Dec 20 10:25:30 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Hey Beavis. Balzac.  Balzzzac.  Ballsack.  Heh heh.  Heh.]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39811574]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/39811574]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>16282225</id>
    <user>
    <id>863443</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jim]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/863443-jim]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-M-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">191491</id>
  <isbn>1421932997</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781421932996</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With the Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172565105m/191491.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1172565105s/191491.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/191491.The_Girl_With_the_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>2.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Feb 24 00:00:00 -0800 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Feb 24 18:14:26 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sun Feb 24 18:30:18 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[The description of Parisian life in the mid-nineteeth century went on and on.  Well written, it nevertheless made one impatient to get on with the story if there was to be one.  The following description of Henri's clandestine meetings with Paquita were apparently shocking when first published, but ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16282225">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16282225]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/16282225]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>15734466</id>
    <user>
    <id>865637</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Melville House Publishing]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Brooklyn, NY]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/865637-melville-house-publishing]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203400325p3/865637.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1203400325p2/865637.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">398138</id>
  <isbn>0976658313</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780976658313</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885m/398138.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885s/398138.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398138.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p>Balzac's erotically charged tale of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth-century Paris is a daring classic. The hero, jaded in his pursuit of pleasure and novelty, falls into an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Through his growing attachment to her, he falls deeper and deeper into a dangerous web of forbidden desire. Incest, homosexuality, sexual slavery, and violence combine in the shocking conclusion of this taboo-breaking work.</p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
            <shelf name="the-art-of-the-novella" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Feb 18 16:29:41 -0800 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Feb 18 16:30:11 -0800 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[This beautifully packaged series of classic novellas includes the works of Anton Chekhov, Colette, Henry James, Herman Melville, and Leo Tolstoy. These collectible editions are the first single-volume publications of these classic tales, offering a closer look at this underappreciated literary form ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15734466">more...</a>]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15734466]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/15734466]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>32160420</id>
    <user>
    <id>1257124</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Helena]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portugal]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1257124-helena]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">4565846</id>
  <isbn nil="true"></isbn>
  <isbn13 nil="true"></isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">1</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[A Rapariga dos Olhos de Ouro]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4565846.A_Rapariga_dos_Olhos_de_Ouro</link>
  <average_rating>3.00</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>1</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>3</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Sun Aug 31 00:00:00 -0700 2008</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Sep 06 04:58:16 -0700 2008</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Sep 06 04:58:16 -0700 2008</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[Retrato de Paris naquela época e de um sórdido crime de amor, cuja vítima é uma misteriosa rapariga dos olhos de ouro]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32160420]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/32160420]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>71124188</id>
    <user>
    <id>1934156</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kristen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Portland, OR]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1934156-kristen]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1235515705p3/1934156.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1235515705p2/1934156.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">398138</id>
  <isbn>0976658313</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780976658313</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885m/398138.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885s/398138.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398138.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p>Balzac's erotically charged tale of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth-century Paris is a daring classic. The hero, jaded in his pursuit of pleasure and novelty, falls into an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Through his growing attachment to her, he falls deeper and deeper into a dangerous web of forbidden desire. Incest, homosexuality, sexual slavery, and violence combine in the shocking conclusion of this taboo-breaking work.</p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>1</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Fri Oct 16 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Sep 13 19:40:57 -0700 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Oct 29 10:36:58 -0700 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[did not finish - too drab]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71124188]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71124188]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81687558</id>
    <user>
    <id>1885841</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Jessica]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Austin, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1885841-jessica]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1235843896p3/1885841.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1235843896p2/1885841.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 21 14:48:50 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 21 14:48:50 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81687558]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81687558]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81670808</id>
    <user>
    <id>2973577</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Melissa]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berlin, 16, Germany]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2973577-melissa]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 21 12:08:17 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 21 12:08:17 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81670808]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81670808]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>81541235</id>
    <user>
    <id>1287117</id>
    <name><![CDATA[JoAnn]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[West Jordan, UT]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1287117-joann]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224482315p3/1287117.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1224482315p2/1287117.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>2</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Dec 24 18:41:21 -0800 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Dec 19 23:54:35 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 24 18:41:23 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81541235]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/81541235]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80856794</id>
    <user>
    <id>1421733</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Marie]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1421733-marie]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sun Dec 13 10:02:11 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Tue Dec 22 11:58:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80856794]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80856794]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>80149186</id>
    <user>
    <id>3014584</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Glenda]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Wrightsville, PA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/3014584-glenda]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">240963</id>
  <isbn>1598189506</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781598189506</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">0</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes, Book Three of 'The Thirteen']]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173039827m/240963.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1173039827s/240963.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/240963.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes_Book_Three_of_The_Thirteen_</link>
  <average_rating>3.80</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>5</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[The third, and briefest, part of a trilogy called The History of the Thirteen, <em>The Girl with the Golden Eyes</em> is one piece of the vast tableaux of Balzac's Human Comedy. The &quot;Thirteen&quot; are a secret society. <em>The Girl with the Golden Eyes</em> contains some of Balzac's most intense observations of 19th Century Parisian society. It tells the story of a beautiful young woman seduced by a servant of &quot;The Thirteen.&quot; The other two parts of The History of the Thirteen may also be of interest: <em>Ferragus,</em> and <em>The Duchesse de Langeais.</em> Each contains Balzac's sharp-eyed observations of human frailty and love.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Mon Dec 07 02:34:08 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Mon Dec 07 02:34:08 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80149186]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80149186]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>79803852</id>
    <user>
    <id>2661472</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Kathleen]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2661472-kathleen]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Thu Dec 03 16:24:53 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Thu Dec 03 16:24:53 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79803852]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79803852]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>79199484</id>
    <user>
    <id>2953734</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ashley]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Berkeley, CA]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2953734-ashley]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Sat Nov 28 09:28:48 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Sat Nov 28 09:28:48 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79199484]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/79199484]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78484204</id>
    <user>
    <id>1852193</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Darcy]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[Argyle, TX]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1852193-darcy]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-111x148.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/images/nophoto-F-50x66.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">25937</id>
  <isbn>1419163868</isbn>
  <isbn13>9781419163869</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">5</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl With The Golden Eyes]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187m/25937.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167772187s/25937.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/25937.The_Girl_With_The_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[She belongs to that feminine variety which the Romans call fulva, flava--the woman of fire. And in chief, what struck me the most, what I am still taken with, are her two yellow eyes, like a tiger's, a golden yellow that gleams, living gold, gold which thinks, gold which loves, and is determined to take refuge in your pocket.]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>0</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
            <shelf name="to-read" />
      </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at></read_at>
  <date_added>Fri Nov 20 17:41:32 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Fri Nov 20 17:41:32 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78484204]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78484204]]></link>
</review>
      <review>
  <id>78261384</id>
    <user>
    <id>1625057</id>
    <name><![CDATA[Ms. Walsh]]></name>
    <location><![CDATA[The United States]]></location>
    <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1625057-ms-walsh]]></link>
    <image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226195014p3/1625057.jpg]]></image_url>
    <small_image_url><![CDATA[http://photo.goodreads.com/users/1226195014p2/1625057.jpg]]></small_image_url>
  </user>
    <book>
  <id type="integer">398138</id>
  <isbn>0976658313</isbn>
  <isbn13>9780976658313</isbn13>
  <text_reviews_count type="integer">3</text_reviews_count>
  <title>
    <![CDATA[The Girl with the Golden Eyes (The Art of the Novella)]]>
  </title>
  <image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885m/398138.jpg</image_url>
  <small_image_url>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174426885s/398138.jpg</small_image_url>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/398138.The_Girl_with_the_Golden_Eyes</link>
  <average_rating>3.54</average_rating>
  <ratings_count>115</ratings_count>
  <description>
    <![CDATA[<p>Balzac's erotically charged tale of a rich and ruthless young man in nineteenth-century Paris is a daring classic. The hero, jaded in his pursuit of pleasure and novelty, falls into an amorous entanglement with a mysterious beauty. Through his growing attachment to her, he falls deeper and deeper into a dangerous web of forbidden desire. Incest, homosexuality, sexual slavery, and violence combine in the shocking conclusion of this taboo-breaking work.</p>]]>
  </description>
  <published>1835</published>
</book>

    <rating>5</rating>
  <votes>0</votes>
  <spoiler_flag>false</spoiler_flag>
  <shelves>
        <shelf name="read" />
          </shelves>
  <recommended_for><![CDATA[]]></recommended_for>
  <recommended_by><![CDATA[]]></recommended_by>
  <read_at>Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
  <date_added>Wed Nov 18 18:19:14 -0800 2009</date_added>
  <date_updated>Wed Nov 18 18:19:35 -0800 2009</date_updated>
  <read_count></read_count>
    <body><![CDATA[]]></body>
    
  <url><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78261384]]></url>
  <link><![CDATA[http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/78261384]]></link>
</review>
    </reviews>
  <popular_shelves>
          <shelf name="to-read" />
          <shelf name="fiction" />
          <shelf name="currently-reading" />
          <shelf name="french" />
          <shelf name="queer" />
          <shelf name="art-of-the-novella-series" />
          <shelf name="frenchies" />
          <shelf name="french-lit" />
          <shelf name="bloom-democratic-read" />
      </popular_shelves>
  <book_links>
    <book_link>
  <id>8</id>
  <name><![CDATA[WorldCat]]></name>
  <link>http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=398138</link>
</book_link>
  </book_links>
</book>
</GoodreadsResponse>