The Painted Girls : A Novel EPUB

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Paris, 1878. Following her fathers sudden death, Marie van Goethem is dispatched to the Paris Opra, where for a scant wage she is trained to enter the famous Ballet.Her older sister, Antoinette, finds workand the love of a dangerous young manas an extra on the stage. Marie is soon modeling in the studio of renowned artist Edgar Degas, who will immortalize her image forever, while Antoinette must make the choice between a life of honest labor and the more profitable avenues open to a willing young womanthat is, unless her perilous love derails her completely.

Set at a moment of profound artistic, cultural, and societal change,The Painted Girlsis a tale of two remarkable sisters rendered uniquely vulnerable to the darker impulses of civilized society.

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