Elizabeth Ross
Elizabeth Ross studied French and film studies at university in Scotland. She lives in Los Angeles, California and when she isn't writing, she edits feature films. BELLE EPOQUE is her first novel. You can visit her at www.elizabethrossbooks.com and follow her on twitter @RossElizabeth
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Elizabeth Ross studied French and film studies at university in Scotland. She lives in Los Angeles, California and when she isn't writing, she edits feature films. BELLE EPOQUE is her first novel. You can visit her at www.elizabethrossbooks.com and follow her on twitter @RossElizabeth
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Oh. My. GOD. I....just....LOVED THIS!!!! *squeals*Oh my God, this was just splendid. I devoured this book in a matter of hours. The writing! The characters! The setting! It was all so lovely.The writing is magical, in a way. It was so easy to just sit and read through it. I only took a few breaks to...
I loved it! Bell Epoque was a solid read all the way through. The setting and characters were well done. I love reading about books set in Paris. The subject matter was interesting and unsettling to say the least. To be a foil for the rich. To be plain and unattractive in the company of rich prett...
Set in Paris circa 1889, Belle Epoque is the story of Maude Pichon, a penniless Breton girl who answers a newspaper advertisement ("Young women wanted for undemanding work. Propriety guaranteed.") only to find that she is to be required to work as a repoussoir, an ugly foil who enhances the beauty o...
All right, my wordiness is decreasing as the number of books I have yet to review increases. So, bullet points! The Good: This was a fascinating glimpse into a different side of Belle Epoque life, and I think it works well as a counter-balance to the kind of glamorized image that one usually sees...
Belle Epoque started off on shaky ground when it kept alluding to ugly and plain people as less worthy of...well, anything. I was not sure if this was some sort of stance the author was making or was just the cliche societal pressure aspect. Judging by the summary you would assume the latter so I pu...
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