Little

The wry, macabre, unforgettable tale of an ambitious orphan in Revolutionary Paris, befriended by royalty and radicals, who transforms herself into the legendary Madame Tussaud In 1761, a tiny, odd looking girl named Marie is born in a village in Switzerland After the death of her parents, she is apprenticed to an eccentric wax sculptor and whisked off to the seamy streets of Paris, where they meet a domineering widow and her quiet, pale son Together, they convert an abandoned monkey house into an exhibition hall for wax heads, and the spectacle becomes a sensation As word of her artistic talent spreads, Marie is called to Versailles, where she tutors a princess and saves Marie Antoinette in childbirth But outside the palace walls, Paris is roiling The revolutionary mob is demanding heads, and at the wax museum, heads are what they do.In the tradition of Gregory Maguire s Wicked and Erin Morgenstern s The Night Circus, Edward Carey s Little is a darkly endearing cavalcade of a novel a story of art, class, determination, and how we hold on to what we love. New Read Books Little By Edward Carey – kino-fada.fr I am astounded I am charmed I am awaiting the manifestation of pure joy this enchanting book will be for the ages Anne Marie Grosholtz is as tall as the human heart but her outlook is to the moon Orphaned at a young age, this child is apprenticed to a physician whose wax modeling lends a twist of the macabre and is a...4,5 starsThis novel turned out to be such a pleasant surprise for me, the wonderful, strange and all around fascinating story of Little, later known to the whole world as Madame Tussaud This book captivated me, made laugh and cry, I rooted for Marie so hard throughout the whole book because she s such an amazing and peculiar woman, you want her to succeed and be happy This particular novel m...Oh my goodness, I love her Marie has such a wonderful, sharp, eccentric little voice no pun intended , and she lives in an incredible time in French history The art is a delightful addition it fits right in with Marie s personality Just marvelous.So delightful, absorbing, filled with oddities, morbidities, tenderness, and artistic achievement In this fictional rendering of the life of Madame Tussaud, she is her own narrator, shifting between different homes, lacking agency but still infused with power Suddenly orphaned at a young age, she begins to learn the art of molding and wax casting early, under the tutelage of an eccentric and isolated man This skill will place her in the path of the most prominent figures of late 1700s France So delightful, absorbing, filled with oddities, morbidities, tenderness, and artistic a...My favorite book so far in 2018 Gorgeously written.Little, by Edward Carey, tells the story of Anne Marie Grosholtz, born prematurely in a remote Swiss village in 1761, who would one day become known as Madame Tussaud Marie s father was a soldier so she was raised by her mother, moving to Berne when she was six years old Here she learns the art of modelling with wax from their employer, Doctor Phillipe Curtius Curtius works for the local hospital creating models from body parts that are used to instruct trainee physicians Growing depressed b Little, by Edward Carey, tells the story of Anne Marie Grosholtz, born prematurely in a remote Swiss village in 1761, who would one day become known as Madame Tussaud Marie s father was a soldier so she was raised by her mother, moving to Berne when she was six years old Here she learns the art of modelling with wax from their employer, Doctor Phillipe Curtius Curtius works for the local hospital creating models from body parts that are used to instruct trainee physicians Growing depressed by his contact with the dead he branches out, much to the ire of his boss.Curtius comes to the attention of a French writer, Louis S bastien Mercier, who ...2.5 to 3 It s an alright book It lost a star because no where did the author say this was loosely based on a real life person So I can see someone wrongly thinking it was fact Additionally it was so overly dramatic the drawings were good thoughThis book was a marvel It was eccentric, fascinating, hilarious, and riveting It tells of the life of Marie Tussaud and how she came to become the artist and storyteller we knowthan 250 years later The tone of the book was downright jovial in spite of the many trials Marie endured As others have ...Who could imagine that the life of Madame Tussaud could be the basis for a big hearted and truly wonderful novel, filled to the brim with voice and historical imagination I didn t, but Edward Carey has brought his love for things no other novelist has so deep of love of the physical world and the language that describes it and a sense of macabre, mixed them with Marie s sense of wonder, passion, humor and anger, her love and her mission to create an engrossing book that is a joy to read Who could imagine that the life of Madame Tussaud could be the basis for a big hearted and truly wonderful novel, filled to the brim with voice and historical imagination I didn t, but Edward Carey has brought his love for things no other novelist has so deep of love o...This is a very original novel which tells the life story of Little , a servant girl from Switzerland who finds herself in Paris during the French Revolution An apprentice to a wax model maker, the mild mannered Doctor Curtius, she learns the trade herself, although her talents and work are not appreciated for many years Embellished with a range of drawings throughout, this often macabre and tragic story retains a slightly comic undertone, even as Little becomes an art teacher to the Princesse This is a very original novel which tells the life story of Little , a servant girl from Switzerland who finds herself in Paris during th...

• English
• 08 October 2018
Edward Carey
• Hardcover
• 448 pages
• 0525534326
• Edward Carey
• Little