Fanny and Adelaide: The Lives of the Remarkable Kemble Sisters
by Ann Blainey
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Chronicles the lives of Fanny and Adelaide Kemble, from Fanny's acting career, marriage to and divorce from a Philadelphia slave-owner, and her work as an abolitionist; and Adelaide's successful opera career and troubled marriage.Tags
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mambo_taxi While one book is a double biography and the other is historical fiction, both deal with the precarious lives of female artists. Some characters you meet in their youth in Life Mask you meet again in their old age in Fanny and Adelaide. Both books are highly enjoyable.
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Meticulous research of letters has allowed this biography to be very detailed. Biogrpahers of the futue will have a harder time trying to find blogs with few people writing daily letters. The sisters made individual decisions in their lives trying to keep within better society.
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Ann Blainey, who lives in Melbourne, Australia, is the author of two literary biographies. She is a member of the National Council of Opera Australia, the nation's chief opera company, and an elected member of the governing council of the University of Melbourne
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- Genres
- Music, Nonfiction, Biography & Memoir
- DDC/MDS
- 792.028 — Arts & recreation Recreation, sports, and performing arts Stage presentations modified standard subdivisions Techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials, miscellany Acting and Performance
- LCC
- PN2598 .K4 .B58 — Language and Literature Literature (General) Literature (General) Drama Dramatic representation. The theater Special regions or countries
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- Languages
- English
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