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Nancy
Compulsively readable melodrama hitting all the majors of lust, money, power; I didn’t expect it to be as funny as it was. However, I’m rounding down for two reasons. I thought the pacing was off in terms of when the moments of highest drama took place in the book and Adeline is unendurable. Still lots of fun as well as a compelling view of French society during the reign of Louis Philippe.
Kay
Aug 04, 2007 rated it really liked it
Shelves: fiction, european-lit
Sarah
Sep 30, 2007 marked it as wishlist
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Jun 25, 2009 rated it it was amazing
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Joseph
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Stil de scriitor
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Idit
Jun 03, 2022 rated it it was amazing
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Stil de scriitor
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