Margulies, Phillip (1952 -)

Belle Cora ; a novel / Phillip Margulies. - First edition. - New York : Anchor Books , 2014 - 594 p. ; 21 cm

A sweeping historical tale based on the life and times of the daughter of a New York merchant who finds the orphaned Belle suffering at the hands of a rival cousin before working as a prostitute and transforming herself repeatedly to win the love and life she desires.


English.

9780307476036


Orphans ----Fiction
Prostitutes ----Fiction
Gamblers ----Fiction
Reminiscing in old age ----Fiction


New York (N.Y)---Social life and customs---19th century ----Fiction
San Francisco (CA)----Fiction

PS3613.A7446 / B45 2013

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