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The Adventuress by Niffenegger, Audrey, author, artist is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is The Adventuress about?
<p>The author of the <I>New York Times</I> bestseller <I>The Time Traveler's Wife</I> returns with another evocative novel in pictures, the much-anticipated follow-up to 2005's <I>The Three Incestuous Sisters. The Adventuress</I> follows the dreamlike journey of an alchemist's daughter. After she is kidnapped by a lascivious baron, she turns herself into a moth and flees to the garden of a charming butterfly collector named Napoleon Bonaparte. The story of how the two become lovers, and how their affair ends in tragedy and transcendence, is told through Niffenegger's spare prose and haunting aquatint etchings. With a stunning and distinctive visual style reminiscent of the work of Edward Gorey, this gothic romance packs the emotional heft of the world's great fairy tales. It will delight fans of the author's previous works and enchant an entirely new legion of readers.</p>
Who reads The Adventuress?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Niffenegger, Audrey, author, artist
- Publisher
- "Harry N. Abrams, Inc."
- Published
- 2006
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780810970526
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Fantasy
- Rating
- 3.32 / 5 (962 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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