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Little
A Historical Fiction Novel by Edward Carey
Subgenres:
- Biographical,
- French Revolution,
- Darkly Humorous
This book is for you if you're into...
- Macabre historical tales starring ambitious outsiders
- Eccentric artists and wax museums in Revolutionary Paris
- Stories with vivid author illustrations woven into the narrative
From Little Stack
This book is a little different as it is a fictionalized account of the life of Madame Tussaud. The story follows Marie, a tiny and odd-looking girl who is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor. While living in Paris, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads which becomes a sensation. Word of Marie’s talent even spreads to Versailles, and she is called to tutor the princess. But outside the palace walls a revolution is taking place, putting all their lives in danger.
Not only is this a mesmerizing story, but it is an experience. Inside the book are stunning illustrations by the author that bring the whole story to life in vivid detail. A book you are guaranteed not to forget.
The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud.
In 1761, a tiny, odd-looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland. After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son. Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation.
As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth. But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling: The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and at the wax museum, heads are what they do.
In the tradition of Gregory Maguire's Wicked and Erin Morgenstern's The Night Circus, Edward Carey's Little is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel—a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love.
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