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Krokha [Russian] / Ėdvard Kėri ; perevod s angliĭskogo O. Aliakrinskogo.

by Carey, Edward, 1970-

Tussaud, Marie, 1761-1850 -- Fiction.

Orphans -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.

Wax modellers -- France -- Paris -- Fiction.

France -- History -- Revolution, 1789-1799 -- Fiction.

9785041065454 (hc.)

Little. Russian

Alternate title:

Little : a novel [Russian]

Кроха [Russian] / Эдвард Кэри

510 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.

First published in English, in London, England, and New York, as: Little.

"Маленькая девочка со странной внешностью по имени Мари появляется на свет в небольшой швейцарской деревушке. После смерти родителей она остается помощницей у эксцентричного скульптора, работающего с воском. С наставником, властной вдовой и ее запуганным сыном девочка уже в Париже превращает заброшенный дом в выставочный центр, где начинают показывать восковые головы."--From publisher.

"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."

Biographical fiction.

Historical fiction.

Russian language materials.

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