
The Phantom of Fifth Avenue
The Mysterious Life and Scandalous Death of Heiress Huguette Clark
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Narrado por:
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Bernadette Dunne
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Meryl Gordon
Born in 1906, Huguette Clark grew up in her family's 121-room Beaux Arts mansion in New York and was one of the leading celebrities of her day. Her father, William Andrews Clark, was a copper magnate, the second richest man in America, and not above bribing his way into the Senate.
Huguette attended the coronation of King George V. And at 22, with a personal fortune of $50 million to her name, she married a Princeton man and childhood friend, William MacDonald Gower. Two-years later the couple divorced. After a series of failed romances, Huguette began to withdraw from society - first living with her mother in a kind of Grey Gardens isolation, then as a modern-day Miss Havisham, spending her days in a vast apartment overlooking Central Park, eating crackers and watching The Flintstones with only servants for company.
All her money and all her real estate could not protect her in her later life from being manipulated by shady hangers-on and hospitals that were only too happy to admit (and bill) a healthy woman. But what happened to Huguette that turned a vivacious, young socialite into a recluse? And what was her life like inside that gilded, copper cage?
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Sad and revealing history
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Mesmerizing Story
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Did her wealth rob her of getting to have a life?
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Great story
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Where does The Phantom of Fifth Avenue rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top 25%What did you like best about this story?
That it is trueWhich character – as performed by Bernadette Dunne – was your favorite?
Huguette ClarkWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
NoAny additional comments?
I love biography and this was a very interesting oneWell written biography
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Fascinating and Poignant
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What did you love best about The Phantom of Fifth Avenue?
Just learning about what it may have been like to be a wealthy socialite in the earlier part of the century. Its something that very few people could ever relate to. I found Hugette's like so interesting and of course at the same time so sad.Who was your favorite character and why?
Hugette of course.What about Bernadette Dunne’s performance did you like?
She read the book really well.Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made me think a lot about how quickly life goes by. Hugette wanted to live forever. It was a strange feeling in general at the end of the book.Any additional comments?
There is another book about the same topic that I have thought about reading to compare notes. May be worth it:)Wow! What an interesting story!
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Well researched and interesting biography
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Good hidden history
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I have three criticisms of the book: First, in an effort to connect far-flung events and explain why Huguette Clark became a recluse, the book suffers from too many time jumps that don't really add much to the story.
Second, the quotes from people who knew Huguette don't add much to the story, either. It's possible that, working from historical documents, the author didn't have much choice in regard to quotes. But even the people she interviewed in person come across as not having anything interesting to say.
Last, too much of the story focuses on the early life of Huguette's father, his first wife, and the children from that marriage. The book doesn't really find its stride until well over halfway through, when it begins to examine the forces in Huguette's young adult life that drove her to become a recluse.
In summary: this book had the opportunity to delve into Huguette's unusual psychology, and the psychology of recluses in general. There are hints throughout of psychological analyses, but no real focus on them. So, ultimately, the book left me disappointed.
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