Includes the short story that inspired the novel, EĢmile Zola's "The Repulsors," translated by Christopher Lupo
Summary:
Sixteen-year-old Maude Pichon, a plain, impoverished girl in Belle Epoque Paris, is hired by Countess Dubern to make her headstrong daughter, Isabelle, look more beautiful by comparison but soon Maude is enmeshed in a tangle of love, friendship, and deception.
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