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Dora and Nora Chance are a famous song-and-dance team of the British music halls. Billed as The Lucky Chances, the sisters are the illegitimate and unacknowledged daughters of Sir Melchoir Hazard, the greatest Shakespearean actor of his day. At once ribald and sentimental, glittery and tender,... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Dora: Twin and narrator of the story
- Nora: Twin sister to Dora
- Perry: Uncle and father figure in their lives
- Grandma Chance: Brought up the motherless twins
- Saskia: Half-sister daughter of The Lady A
- Imogen: Twin sister of Saskia
- Tristram: Half-brother
- Daisy Duck: Starlet
- Melchior: Biological father to the twins
- Genghis Khan: Film producer
- Tony: Add a description of this character.
- Ranulph
- Brenda
- George
- Gareth
- Miss Worthington
- Mamma
- William Shakespeare
- Leroy
- Lynde
- Tiffany
First Sentence edit
Q. Why is London like Budapest?
Series & Lists edit
This book is in Guardian 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read. (authoritative list)
This is book 173 of 1272 in 1001 Books You Must Read Before You Die. (authoritative list)
Preceded by Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord, and followed by Get Shorty.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Angela Carter (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0701133546
Page Count: 234
Publisher: Chatto & Windus
Country: United Kingdom
Publication Date: 1991
ISBN: 0701133546
Page Count: 234
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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