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The memoires of a Beauty
Summary:
This is a memoire of vanity and beauty, richness and glamour, all gathered in a woman most fitted for the Belle Epoque -a goddess from bourgeois circles who was often called "Republican Venus". Amelie Gautreau, best known as J.S.Sargent's Madame X, opens the door to a lost era of elegance.
Patricia B.
The memoires of a Beauty
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I think the language you use is beautiful. A couple critiques:
-I take french, so I could understand it, but for someone who has never taken it this would be very hard to read. I understand you wanting to incoperate french, but for the reader's sake I would stick to simple words, or make sure the reader can understand the exact meaning by the context.
-Since this is going to be a novel, I would put somekind of forword in the beginning just to explain, the time and place of the novel and signifigant events that happened at that time that will contribute to the development of the story.
I wanted to compete with Proust- you should read him to understand what confusing means :) thanks for the comment any way
p.s. just to make the book less confusing, i'll give a list of the characters :
christine- amelie's english friend
annie- amelie's adopted daughter
henri- amelie's lover
the other names are quite known between the fans of the belle epoque time and very easy to find on wikipedia for the rest of readers
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Favorite Quote:
"i am a woman who enjoys herself very much: sometimes i win, sometimes i loose."
thank you very much! when I'll publish the book I'll try to replace some of the French parts due to your comments of not understanding much of it:) i've almost finished the novel and your opinions really give me the faith I can publish it! thanks again! :)
(actually, I read the Scarlet Pimpernel, but I didn't like it so much- for those who love French books, I'd better recommend Dangerous Liaisons, Cheri or The Lady of the Camellias, which always inspired me)