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The wonderful new novel from the much loved author of 'Girl With a Pearl Earring' and 'Falling Angels'. Flames and funerals, circus feats and seduction, neighbours and nakedness: Tracy Chevalier's new novel 'Burning Bright' sparkles with drama. London 1792. The Kellaways move from familiar... read more

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  • “Bacon! Bacon at a time like this! Christ amighty, I'm ashamed to call you a Butterfield! How often have I told you, lad, about the importance of speed? We'll get nothing form this if we dawdle and grease our lips with bacon and let others get there before us! What is it about that idea that escape you lad? Tell me.”
    Dick Butterfield
  • “The tension between contraries is what makes us ourselves. We have not just one, but the other too, mixing and clashing and sparking inside us. Not just light, but dark. Not jsut at peace, but at war. Not just innocent, but experienced. it is a lesson we could all do well to learn, to see all the world in a flower.”
    William Blake
  • “Then let me teach you something. What you want is not worth half the value of what you've still got. Remember that.”
    Laura Devine
  • “I'm going to fly out of here, pet. That's what I'm going to do.”
    Laura Devine
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There was something humiliating about waiting in a cart on a busy London street with all your possessions stacked around you, on show to the curious public.

Table of Contents edit see section history

I. March 1792
II. April 1792
III. May 1792
IV. June 1792
V. September 1792
VI. October 1792
VII. December 1792
VIII. July 1793

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  1. Tracy Chevalier (Author)

First Edition edit see section history

Original Language: English
Publisher: Harper Collins
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 320

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Notes for Parents edit see section history

Reading Level: Young Adults

Not for younger readers, contains explicit scenes.

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  • Tracy Chevalier: Author's website. Includes reading group guide, background, inspiration, Blake gallery, and more.

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