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Ophelia's Fan
by Balint, Christine
- Used
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear.
- ISBN 10
- 0393059251
- ISBN 13
- 9780393059250
- Seller
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Silver Spring, Maryland, United States
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About This Item
New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 2004. First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]. Hardcover. Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear.. 351 p. Select Bibliography. In 1827, the composer Hector Berlioz fell wildly in love with an Irish actress named Harriet Smithson when he saw her as Ophelia in HAMLET at the Odéon in Paris. This novel recreates the life of Harriet Smithson, from her unusual childhood in County Clare to her presence in Berlioz's life as the inspiration of one of his greatest and most passionate works, the "Symphonie Fantastique. "
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Details
- Bookseller
- Ground Zero Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 60072
- Title
- Ophelia's Fan
- Author
- Balint, Christine
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good in very good dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ has slight wear and soiling, with small edge wear.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition. Stated. First printing [stated]
- ISBN 10
- 0393059251
- ISBN 13
- 9780393059250
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- County Clare, Hector Berlioz, Actress, Symphonie fantastiue, Charles Kimble, Ophelia, Romantic Movement
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