Liszt's Kiss: A NovelSimon and Schuster, 10 abr 2007 - 336 páginas The romantic story of a young female pianist in cholera-ravaged Paris of 1832, whose own tragedy leaves her susceptible to the passions and scandals of the composer Franz Liszt At the height of the Romantic era in Paris, there was no bigger celebrity than the composer and pianist Franz Liszt. A fiery and gorgeous Hungarian, he made women swoon at soirees and left a trail of broken hearts behind him. Anne, a countess and talented young pianist whose mother has just died of cholera, hears Franz Liszt in concert and is swept up in his allure. The enigmatic Marie d'Agoult, a friend of Anne's late mother, takes her under her wing and introduces her to the artistic world -- despite the objections of Anne's sullen and sorrowful father. Anne soon finds herself in the midst of dangerous intrigues, discovering a family secret so shocking that her father will go to any lengths to protect it. With the ominous presence of Paris's most deadly epidemic looming over every turbulent event, Liszt's Kiss is a rich evocation of a remarkable period as seen through the eyes of a sensitive young artist. |
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... tell her later what had happened. She knew the marquis would not. Dinner that night was an unusually silent affair. The marquise made an effort to smile and draw out her husband in conversation, but he simply glowered into his wineglass ...
... tell her later what had happened. She knew the marquis would not. Dinner that night was an unusually silent affair. The marquise made an effort to smile and draw out her husband in conversation, but he simply glowered into his wineglass ...
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... telling him only a few hours ago about her childhood in Bretagne, before she had come to Paris to seek work as a seamstress. With a high, thin voice that breathed through cracked lips, she had begged for water with every other sentence ...
... telling him only a few hours ago about her childhood in Bretagne, before she had come to Paris to seek work as a seamstress. With a high, thin voice that breathed through cracked lips, she had begged for water with every other sentence ...
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... Tell your mistress that, dommage, I am not free on that evening.” The girl curtseyed. Franz opened the door for her and swept her a deep bow. She blushed again, then rushed away. “So, he won't come. That is a shame.” Marie d'Agoult ...
... Tell your mistress that, dommage, I am not free on that evening.” The girl curtseyed. Franz opened the door for her and swept her a deep bow. She blushed again, then rushed away. “So, he won't come. That is a shame.” Marie d'Agoult ...
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... small child, and the countess—Anne was her name—was too covered with veils for Marie to tell whether she resembled her mother. But she Liszt's Kiss 19 could see even from a distance that Dunlap_LisztsKiss[1-344]PTR 1/31/07 11:39 AM Page 18.
... small child, and the countess—Anne was her name—was too covered with veils for Marie to tell whether she resembled her mother. But she Liszt's Kiss 19 could see even from a distance that Dunlap_LisztsKiss[1-344]PTR 1/31/07 11:39 AM Page 18.
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... tell someone about Mama.” Despite her best efforts to prevent them, tears collected in the corners of Anne's eyes and trickled down her cheeks. Yet she managed to keep them out of her voice. “You are too young to visit,” the marquis ...
... tell someone about Mama.” Despite her best efforts to prevent them, tears collected in the corners of Anne's eyes and trickled down her cheeks. Yet she managed to keep them out of her voice. “You are too young to visit,” the marquis ...
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