Marie, dancing
1st ed.
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Word Count
63,750 words, Guess
Page Count
255 pages
Identifiers
- Internet Archivelovingwillshakes00caro
- ISBN-100152051163
- ISBN-139780152051167
- Goodreads36338
- LibraryThing626316
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- Library of Congress Control Number2004026547
- Better World BooksO7-APQ-333
- Better World Books9780152051167
- Better World BooksO7-DJP-671
- Better World Books382-BAC-428
- Better World BooksW6-BXI-960
- Better World BooksW6-APN-200
- Open LibraryOL3299054M
Classifications
- DDC[Fic]
- LCCPZ7.M5685 Ma 2005
- LCCPZ7.M5685Ma 2005
Description
Marie van Goethem, a fourteen-year-old ballet dancer in the famed Paris Opéra, has led a life of hardship and poverty. For her, dancing is the only joy to counter the pain inflicted by hunger, her mother's drinking, and her selfish older sister. But when famed artist Edgar Degas demands Marie's presence in his studio, it appears that her life will be transformed: He will pay her to pose for a new sculpture, and he promises to make her a star. As Marie patiently stands before Mr. Degas each week, she dreams about supporting her family without being corrupted like most young dancers. She dreams about a life as a ballerina on the stage of the Opéra. And she dreams about being with her true love. In this deeply moving, historically based account, Carolyn Meyer examines the life of the model for Edgar Degas's most famous sculpture, Little Dancer Aged Fourteen.
Description
A fictionalized autobiography of Marie Van Goethem, the impoverished student from the Paris Opéra ballet school who became the model for Edgar Degas's famous sculpture, "The Little Dancer."
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