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Seven portraits. Seven artists. Seven girls and women reading. A young orphan poses nervously for a Renaissance maestro in medieval Siena, and an artist's servant girl in 17th-century Amsterdam snatches a moment away from her work to lose herself in tales of knights and battles. A young... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Gwen: Add a description of this character.
- Jeannine Okoro
- Esther
- Laura Agnelli
- Cynthia
- Laurence
- Sinclair
- Maria
- Frances
- Angelica
- Dinesh
- Alec
- Lucas
- Giovanna
- Muriel
- Young Pieter
- Mrs Plett
- Hazel
- Fernand
- Maribel
- Rosemary
- Jurina
- Mortimer
- Rosie
- Arnault
- Miss Kauffman
- Flossie
- Simone Martini
- Liam
- Jonathan Ewan
- Yabuki
- Yasmin
- Erica
- Joanna
- Mama
- Hugo
- Pieter Janssens Elinga
- Mrs Solomon-black
- Featherstone
- Keith
- Isabella
- Signor Rettore
- Della Scala
- Amos
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First Sentence edit
She arrives glowing with the efforts of running, strands of red hair coming loose from her kerchief (she tucks them in), marks on her neck like bruises on fruit.
Table of Contents edit
Simone Martini - Annunciation, 1333
Pieter Jensens Elinga - Woman Reading, 1668
Angelica Kauffman - Portrait of a Lady, 1775
Featherstone of Pickadilly - Carte de Visite, 1864
Unknown - For Pleasure, 1916
Immaterialism - Reader in a Shoreditch Bar, 2008
Sinceruty Yabuki, Sibil, 2060
A Note
Acknowledgemens
Authors & Contributors edit
- Katie Ward (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Virago Press <Scribner; Reprint edition (February 7, 2012)>
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781451655902
Page Count: 342
Publisher: Virago Press <Scribner; Reprint edition (February 7, 2012)>
Country: Great Britain
Publication Date: 2011
ISBN: 9781451655902
Page Count: 342
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 813
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