A Study Guide for Isabel Allende's "The Daughter of Fortune"

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Contributors examine the literature that challenges widely held assumptions about the form of the family, familial authority patterns, and the function of courtship, marriage, and family life from the late eighteenth century to the present day. Topics include: the family as a microcosm of the larger political sphere in Charlotte

A Study Guide for Isabel Allende's "The Daughter of Fortune," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Novels for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Novels for Students for all of

Assesses the attitudes toward America held by writers since the time of James Fenimore Cooper who have left the country to live in Europe.

When Miss Isabel Dunham, the woman who defied his guardianship, eloped, and fled to India, returns to England a widow, Marcus Sherbrook, in order to save her from a blackmailer, agrees to a marriage of convenience that explodes in passion and betrayal. Original.