The revolution of Sabine / by Beth Levine Ain.
by Ain, Beth Levine.
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BookPublisher: Cambridge Mass. : Candlewick Press, c2008Edition: 1st ed.Description: 214 p. ; 20 cm.ISBN: 9780763633967.Subject(s): Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 -- Fiction | Fragonard, Jean-Honore, 1732-1806 -- Fiction | Social classes -- Fiction | Mothers and daughters -- Fiction | Conduct of life -- Fiction | Self-actualization (Psychology) -- Fiction | Arranged marriage -- Fiction | France -- History -- Louis XVI, 1774-1793 -- FictionSummary: During Benjamin Franklin's visit to Paris in 1776, sixteen-year-old Sabine Durand rails against the strict rules of society and her social-climbing mother by rejecting her arranged marriage and spending more time with servants and others who accept Franklin's political ideals and those she read in Voltaire's Candide while having her portrait painted by the renowned artist, Fragonard.
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During Benjamin Franklin's visit to Paris in 1776, sixteen-year-old Sabine Durand rails against the strict rules of society and her social-climbing mother by rejecting her arranged marriage and spending more time with servants and others who accept Franklin's political ideals and those she read in Voltaire's Candide while having her portrait painted by the renowned artist, Fragonard.
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