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I Am Madame X

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I Am Madame X

By: Gioia Diliberto
Narrated by: Lorna Raver
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Even before John Singer Sargent painted her portrait, Virginie Gautreau's reputation for promiscuity and showy self-display made her the subject of vicious Paris gossip. In this remarkable novel, the author tells Virginie's story, drawing on the sketchy facts of the notorious beauty's life to recreate her tempestuous personality, the captivating milieu of Belle Epoch Paris, and the struggle between artist and model to control the painting that would change their lives and affect the course of art history.©2003 Gioia Diliberto (P)2003 Blackstone Audiobooks Fiction Historical Fiction

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"Lively and provocative." (Booklist)
"This fast scroll through history against a backdrop of parties, salons, operas, artists' studios, and sexual escapades is inviting for its wealth of well-researched period details." (Publishers Weekly)
"A compelling novel....Diliberto's writing brings Virginie to life in a way that Sargent's portrait does not." (Library Journal)

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A wonderful fictional exploration of the woman that was Madame X. Excellently performed and engaging. Well researched.

fantastic fiction of a woman we know too little

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I wish there was more about the artist and the painting of the painting but over all it was interesting listen to hear about that one in history

Great

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Delightful listen! A wonderful historical fiction novel about madame X's life from childhood to adulthood

fun read

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I was delightfully surprised with this book. Very entertaining and engaging. It's wants to be like Girl with a Pearl Earring...it falls short of it's passion and release. The Epilogue is the most interesting part of the book. The reader does a very good job and has many voices she has to perform. A quick easy read.

Falls Short of Earring's Passion

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Although the author clearly states that there is very little to be learned about the actual life of Madame X or  Virginie Amélie Avegno Gautreau she does write an interesting tale of what she presumes Madame Gautreau’s  life, and legend was like during her years in the United States, as well as in Paris. Having just finished listening to A Paris Apartment about the courtesan Marthe de Florian and her discovered portrait by Giovanni Baldinni having taken place during that same time frame I was very interested to read about Madame X.
The novel did not disappoint.

Madame X

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