Daughter of Fortune: A Novel / *Signed* / First Edition / "This book is one of a limited number of copies of the first edition of Isabel Allende's novel DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE signed by the author" (as printed on 1st blank page) / 1st Printing / New
Language: English
Published by Harper Collins Publishers, 1999
- First Edition
- Signed
- Hardcover
- New





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Hardcover, Condition: New, *SIGNED* by Author on 1st blank page where it is also printed: "This book is one of a limited number of copies of the first edition of Isabel Allende's novel DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE signed by the author", Unread, Only opened for autographing, One owner, Tight Binding, Spine Not Broken, No marks or stamps, Dust Jacket Condition: New, no cuts, tears or stains, wrapped in clear protective mylar wrap Brodart, Original $26.00 price Not Clipped, First Edition as stated, 1st Printing with the Full # Print Line 99 00 01 02 03 */HC 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 as printed on copyright page, Bound with Deckle Edge Pages and gold with a black lace design endpapers in black (wood-grain look) cloth boards and black spine tape, This is a Beautifully designed and published Signed First Edition copy, #1 of 2 in the "Daughter Of Fortune" Series: 1. Daughter of Fortune (1999) 2. Portrait in Sepia (2001).
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- Title
- Daughter of Fortune: A Novel / *Signed* / First Edition / "This book is one of a limited number of copies of the first edition of Isabel Allende's novel DAUGHTER OF FORTUNE signed by the author" (as printed on 1st blank page) / 1st Printing / New
- Author
- Isabel Allende
- Publisher
- Harper Collins Publishers
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Signed
- Signed by Author(s)
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 006019491X
- ISBN 13
- 9780060194918
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Item weight
- 816 grams
- Dimensions
- 6.12 inches width by 9.25 inches height by 1.39 inches depth
- Series
- Book 1 of 2: Daughter of Fortune
- Seller catalogs
- Fiction, Fiction and Fiction Series, Signed by Author
An Oprah Book Club slection!
"Allende has created a masterpiece of historical fiction that is passionate, adventurous, and brilliantly insightful. . . . suspenseful and surprising." —Denver Post
From the revered New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits and A Long Petal of the Sea comes a passionate tale of one young woman's epic journey to save her lover, set against the chaos, greed, and promise of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, English orphan Eliza Sommers meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk with ambitious dreams. When gold is discovered in the hills of northern California, Chileans, including Joaquín, head north to seek their fortune. Eliza, pregnant with Joaquín’s child, leaves behind everything she knows to follow her lover.
In the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco, Eliza must navigate a society dominated by greedy men. But with the help of her natural spirit and a good friend, Chinese doctor Tao Chi’en, Eliza soon comes to discover that her search for love has become a powerful coming of age story and a quest of personal freedom.
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The House of the Spirits, Isabelle Allende, comes a passionate tale of one young woman's quest to save her lover set against the chaos of the 1849 California Gold Rush.
Orphaned at birth, Eliza Sommers is raised in the British colony of Valparaíso, Chile, by the well-intentioned Victorian spinster Miss Rose and her more rigid brother Jeremy. Just as she meets and falls in love with the wildly inappropriate Joaquín Andieta, a lowly clerk who works for Jeremy, gold is discovered in the hills of northern California. By 1849, Chileans of every stripe have fallen prey to feverish dreams of wealth. Joaquín takes off for San Francisco to seek his fortune, and Eliza, pregnant with his child, decides to follow him.
So begins Isabel Allende's enchanting new novel, Daughter of Fortune, her most ambitious work of fiction yet. As we follow her spirited heroine on a perilous journey north in the hold of a ship to the rough-and-tumble world of San Francisco and northern California, we enter a world whose newly arrived inhabitants are driven mad by gold fever. A society of single men and prostitutes among whom Eliza moves--with the help of her good friend and savior, the Chinese doctor Tao Chien--California opens the door to a new life of freedom and independence for the young Chilean. Her search for the elusive Joaquín gradually turns into another kind of journey that transforms her over time, and what began as a search for love ends up as the conquest of personal freedom. By the time she finally hears news of him, Eliza must decide who her true love really is.
Daughter of Fortune is a sweeping portrait of an era, a story rich in character, history, violence, and compassion. In Eliza, Allende has created one of her most appealing heroines, an adventurous, independent-minded, and highly unconventional young woman who has the courage to reinvent herself and to create her own destiny in a new country. A marvel of storytelling, Daughter of Fortune confirms once again Isabel Allende's extraordinary gift for fiction and her place as one of the world's leading writers.
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