The Rose Grower - A Novel of Love and The French Revolution - Michelle de Kretser • BookLikes (ISBN:0091842042)

The Rose Grower - A Novel of Love and The French Revolution

by: Michelle de Kretser (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780091842048 (0091842042)

Publish date: 2000

Publisher: Vintage

Edition language: English

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Literature, Cultural, Historical Fiction, France, 18th Century

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Modern Reader rated it

8 years ago

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The prose was absolutely beautiful. The book could have easily been boring if her choice of vocabulary wasn't so poetic. I felt the pains of loneliness Sophie suffered through, and the longing that Joseph endured despite the chaos surrounding him and the rest of France. Although the ending broke ...

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Telynor's Library, and then some rated it

15 years ago

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This was one that I really wanted to like, but I felt so distanced and remote from the story that it never really took hold. Grr. For the complete review, please go here:http://www.epinions.com/content_46582304388

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