Portrait in Sepia (2000) (edit title/settings)

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• Severo Del Valle: Paulina Del Valle's nephew & husband to Nivea.
• Paulina Del Valle: Rich Chilean, married to Feliciano Rodriguez de Santa Cruz. Mother of Matias. Grandmother of Lynn Sommers.
• Lynn Sommers: Paulina Del Valle's granddaughter & "author" of this book. Her name then becomes Aurora del Valle.
• Frederick Williams: Butler of Paulina & Feliciano Del Valle.
• Matías: Paulina Del Valle's son. Father Aurora Del Valle.
• Eliza Sommers: Daughter of Captain John Sommers, mother of Lucky & Lynn Sommers & maternal grandmother to Aurora Sommers.
• Feliciano Rodríguez De Santa Cruz: Paulina Del Valle's husband.
• Susana: Wife of Eduardo Dominguez.
• Eduardo: Son of Dona Elvira & Sebastian Dominquez and brother to Diego Dominguez.
• Aurora: Daughter of Lynn Sommers & granddaughter of Paulina Del Valle; also the "author" of this book.
• Amanda Lowell: Matias Del Valle's companion and Paulina's rival.
• Iván Radovic: A Chilean Doctor who cares for Paulina Del Valle in England & later returns to Chile.
• Adela: Daughter od Dona Elvira & Sebastian Dominguez & younger sister to Eduardo & Diego.
• Lai Ming: Aurora Del Valle
• Don Sebastián: A traditional Chilean land owner. Father of Diego, Adela & Eduardo. Father-in-law to Aurora Sommers.
• Don Juan Ribero: Famous photographer & maestro to Aurora Del Valle.
• Diego Domínguez: Husband of Aurora Del Valle & son of Dona Elvira & Don Sebastian Dominguez.
• John Sommers: Father of Eliza Sommers who is Aurora Del Valle's maternal grandmother.
• Godoy: Add a description of this character.
• Matilde Pineda: Homeschool teacher of Aurora Del Valle.
• Grandmother
• Vergara
• Don Pedro Tey: Friend of Seniora Matilde Pineda & a bookstore owner.
• Rose Sommers: Captain John Sommers' sister. Also a romance writer.
• Jacob Freemont: Newspaper reporter.
• Caramelo: Aurora Del Valle's dog.
• Lucky: Aurora Del Valle's uncle. Son of Eliza Sommers & Tao Chi'en.
• Agustín
• Martha
• Señorita Pineda: Homeschool teacher of Aurora Del Valle.
• Nívea Del Valle: Wife & Cousin of Severo Del Valle and a suffrage activist.
• Tao Chi’en: Husband of Eliza Sommers; Father of Lynn Sommers & a well known Chinese doctor in San Francisco Chinatown. He was the only chinese person in United States that was granted the citizenship.
• Valles
• Genghis Khan: Aurora Del Valle's nickname for Doctor Iván Radovic.

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• “"Each of us chooses the tone for telling his or her own story. I would like to choose the durable clarity of a platinum print, but nothing in my destiny possesses the luminosity. I live among diffuse shadings, veiled mysteries, uncertainties; the tone of telling my life is closer to that of a portrait in sepia." — Isabel Allende (Portrait in Sepia)”

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• Chile
• San Francisco
• Santiago
• Chinatown
• California
• Europe
• United States
• Valparaíso
• Caleufú
• France
• England
• Paris
• London
• Lima
• Nob Hill
• Peru
• Pacific
• Hong Kong
• America
• New York
• Egypt
• Doña Elvira
• Republic
• Bolivia
• Buenos Aires

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Authors & Contributors edit see section history

1. Isabel Allende (Author)

Other Contributors:

1. Iben Hasselbalch (Translator)

First Edition edit see section history

Classification edit see section history

• Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
• Dewey: 868'.44

Subjects edit see section history

• Books › Literature & Fiction › Authors, A-Z › ( A ) › Allende, Isabel
• Books › Literature & Fiction › World Literature › Latin American
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Genre Fiction › Historical
• Books › Literature & Fiction › Contemporary

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