Confessions of an ugly stepsister:

On seeing her portrait, a servant girl modelling for an artist in 17th century Holland realizes she is ugly. But the portrait opens her eyes to the world of art, she becomes a painter and is transformed by her work so that when a prince charming appears she is no longer ugly.

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1. Verfasser: Maguire, Gregory 1954- (VerfasserIn)
Format: Buch
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Regan Books 2000
Ausgabe:1st paperback ed.
Schlagworte:
Zusammenfassung:On seeing her portrait, a servant girl modelling for an artist in 17th century Holland realizes she is ugly. But the portrait opens her eyes to the world of art, she becomes a painter and is transformed by her work so that when a prince charming appears she is no longer ugly.
Beschreibung:Prologue : stories painted on porcelain -- 1. The obscure child -- Marketplace -- Stories told through windows -- Looking -- Meadow -- Sitting for Schoonmaker -- Girl with wildflowers -- Half a door -- Van den Meer's household -- 2. The imp-riddled house -- The small room of outside -- Small oils -- The masterpiece -- Rue, sage, thyme, and temper -- Reception -- Virginal -- Simples -- 3. The girl of ashes -- Flowers for the dead -- Plague and quarantine -- The nowhere windmill -- Invitations -- A fair light on a full table -- Wind and tide -- The girl of ashes -- Finery -- Spine and chamber -- Collapses -- 4. The gallery of God's mistakes -- Campaigns -- The gallery of God's mistakes -- Cinderella -- Van Stolk and van Antum -- The night before the ball -- The changeling -- Small magic -- Tulip and turnips -- 5. The ball -- The Medici ball -- Clarissa of Aragon -- Midnight -- A most unholy night -- The second slipper -- Epilogue : stories written in oils
Beschreibung:XII, 372 S. Ill. 24 cm
ISBN:0060987529
9780060987527

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