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Title	:	Daughter of Fortune
Author	:	Isabel Allende
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 432 pages
Published	:	May 2nd 2006 by Harper Perennial (first published 1998)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. Romance. Magical Realism. Novels. Literature

Daughter of Fortune

Isabel Allende

Paperback | Pages: 432 pages

Rating: 3.91 | 108268 Users | 3756 Reviews

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Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquín takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him.

As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. A society of single men and prostitutes among whom Eliza moves--with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chien--California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. Her search for the elusive Joaquín gradually turns into another kind of journey that transforms her over time, and what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom.

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Original Title:	Hija de la fortuna
ISBN:	0061120251 (ISBN13: 9780061120251)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Eliza Sommers, Rose Sommers, Joaquín Andieta, Jacob Todd, Tao Chi'en
Setting:	California(United States) Valparaíso(Chile)
Literary Awards:	Premio de traducción literaria Valle Inclán Nominee for Margaret Sayers Peden (2000)

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I read this book a long time ago and remember I enjoyed it a lot. It was very well written, as is the case with all Allendes books. I liked the gripping story-line and the characters which seemed real and vivid. Maybe I would read it again in the near future.

This book starts out VERY engaging and remains that way through the first 3/4. Then, very abruptly, it is as if Allende ran out of things to say, or rather, became distracted by another project. The book ends TERRIBLY! The last 1/4 is a slog to get through and, becuase the first part is so wonderful, I kept reading and thinking "surely, this will work out." But no joy. I would suggest reading it BUT don't hope for a great wrap up at the end. It is a lot like drinking a cold bottle of Coke on a

Daughter of Fortune is the first of two historical fiction novels I am reading summer 2019. Author Isabel Allende follows several fictional characters--many Chilean, others Chinese or British--through the decades surrounding the 1849 San Francisco gold rush, with particular attention to main character Eliza Sommerss romantic pursuits.Eliza initially leaves Chile for the United States when her first love, Joaquin Andieta, runs off to the gold rush and leaves her pregnant. She meets Tao Chien,

The story begins in Valparaiso, Chile and is focused around Eliza Sommers. An infant Eliza was abandoned on the doorstep of Rose and Jeremy Sommers (brother and sister), and Rose raised Eliza as the daughter. One day, Englishman Jacob Todd comes to Chile, supposedly as a missionary out to convert the heathen population. Many, many pages then ensue with endless bits of information about Todd's life in Chile and his socializing with the Sommers until he's finally run out of town. How exciting that



I love historical fiction. I enjoyed several parts in this story, but I must say that it was not a page turner for me. I made myself finish. This book is about the power of first love. How your ideal love and your want of love can prevent you from seeing what you really had. Eliza loved her first lover Joaquin to obsession and it takes her years to realize that their love was possibly not true love after all and was sugar coated in her naive, sixteen year old mind. She is so obsessed with

What an imaginative tale filled with adventure and those common themes that make up an irresistible storyline. I found lovable characters and a plot that made me want more. With a bit of historical fiction thrown in for good measure. Great writing/words.The only good thing about marriage is becoming a widow.It isn't a husband who makes a woman look good, but many suitors.All husbands are boring, John. No woman with an ounce of sense gets married to be entertained, she marries to be maintained.