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Burning Bright

A Novel

A Novel

By Tracy Chevalier

By Tracy Chevalier

By Tracy Chevalier

By Tracy Chevalier

By Tracy Chevalier
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By Tracy Chevalier
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Feb 26, 2008 | ISBN 9780452289079

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Mar 20, 2007 | ISBN 9781101213582

Audiobook Download $22.50

Mar 20, 2007 | 686 Minutes | Young Adult

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    About Burning Bright

    From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age tale

    In the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked by the shock waves of the French Revolution. Next door, the Kellaway family has just moved in, and country boy Jem Kellaway strikes up a tentative friendship with street-savvy Maggie Butterfield. As their stories intertwine with Blake’s, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence, and inspire the poet to create the work that enshrined his genius.

    About Burning Bright

    From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age tale

    In the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked by the shock waves of the French Revolution. Next door, the Kellaway family has just moved in, and country boy Jem Kellaway strikes up a tentative friendship with street-savvy Maggie Butterfield. As their stories intertwine with Blake’s, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence, and inspire the poet to create the work that enshrined his genius.

    About Burning Bright

    From the author of the international bestseller Girl With a Pearl Earring and At the Edge of the Orchard, comes a stirring eighteenth-century coming-of-age tale

    In the waning days of eighteenth-century London, poet, artist, and printer William Blake works in obscurity as England is rocked by the shock waves of the French Revolution. Next door, the Kellaway family has just moved in, and country boy Jem Kellaway strikes up a tentative friendship with street-savvy Maggie Butterfield. As their stories intertwine with Blake’s, the two children navigate the confusing and exhilarating path to adolescence, and inspire the poet to create the work that enshrined his genius.

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    Also by Tracy Chevalier

    A Single Thread
    New Boy
    At the Edge of the Orchard
    The Last Runaway
    Remarkable Creatures
    See all books by Tracy Chevalier

    Also by Tracy Chevalier

    A Single Thread
    New Boy
    At the Edge of the Orchard
    The Last Runaway
    Remarkable Creatures
    See all books by Tracy Chevalier

    About Tracy Chevalier

    Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of nine previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in… More about Tracy Chevalier

    About Tracy Chevalier

    Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of nine previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in… More about Tracy Chevalier

    About Tracy Chevalier

    Tracy Chevalier is the New York Times bestselling author of nine previous novels, including Girl with a Pearl Earring, which has been translated into thirty-nine languages and made into an Oscar-nominated film. Born and raised in Washington, DC, she lives in… More about Tracy Chevalier

    Product Details

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $16.00
    Published by Penguin Books
    Feb 26, 2008 | 336 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780452289079

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction

    Ebook | $11.99
    Published by Penguin Books
    Mar 20, 2007 | 336 Pages | ISBN 9781101213582

    Category: Historical Fiction | Literary Fiction | Teen & Young Adult | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $22.50
    Published by Penguin Audio
    Mar 20, 2007 | 686 Minutes | Young Adult | ISBN 9781429585613

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    Praise

    Praise for Tracy Chevalier

    “Evokes entire landscapes…a master of voices.”
    —New York Times Book Review (on Falling Angels)

    “Absorbing…[Chevalier] creates a world reminiscent of a Vermeer interior: suspended in a particular moment, it transcends its time and place.”
    —The New Yorker (on Girl With a Pearl Earring)

    “Chevalier admirably weaves historical figures and actual events into a compelling narrative.”
    —San Francisco Chronicle (on Remarkable Creatures)

    “Chevalier’s signature talent lies in bringing alive the ordinary day-to-dayness of the past…lovingly evoked.”
    —Elle (on Burning Bright)

    “Chevalier’s ringing prose is as radiantly efficient as well-tended silver.”
    —Entertainment Weekly (on Falling Angels)

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