Adèle Hugo: La Misérable
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| Rating | : | 4.59 (729 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0864921683 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 194 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 0000-00-00 |
| Language | : | English |
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No wonder she fell in love with a feckless English soldier, Albert Andrew Pinson. His ardour for everything about her except her money cooled rapidly, but her passion for him burned white hot. Victor Hugo didn't much care for Adèle because he was never sure she was his daughter. At last, a former slave rescued her from a Bridgetown street and took her home to France. Even so, he made her join the rest of his family as they shared his exile on the island of Jersey. Adèle was virtually imprisoned. The lack of outlets for her artistic gifts cramped her mind, and daily seances lo
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"Very Good" according to tess of the dubervilles. I had watched the movie 'The Story of Adele H and I wanted to read about her This book was wonderful and very sad Poor Adele I think she may have had Borderline Personality disorder Not that I'm a shrink or anything :-). Good detail, too much personal politics My assessment of this book, one of the few providing a full examination of the subject, is an "average"--meaning that for its detail it is worthy of five stars, but the relative lack of objectivity by the author calls its credibility into question. Adele is of course a "victim" of the "patriarchy," although even Dow is forced to admit that her actions were in large part influenced by neo-feminist George Sand, and not for particularly positive results. We are told Adele supposedly had potential to be a great writer, even more so than her father, although this is just a ". "could find on this topic and i was very pleased with the content" according to Victorian Catmom. this book is the only one i could find on this topic and i was very pleased with the content. extremely informative, based on actual letters, diaries, etc. full of photos. sympathetic account of a very strange story. truth is always stranger than fiction.