Daughter of Fortune

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Daughter of Fortune is a historical novel by Isabel Allende that follows a young Chilean woman’s journey from Valparaíso to Gold Rush–era California in a sweeping tale of love, identity, and independence.

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instanceOf historical novel
novel
author Isabel Allende
character Eliza Sommers
Feliciano Rodríguez de Santa Cruz
Jeremy Sommers
Joaquín Andieta
John Sommers
Paulina del Valle
Rose Sommers
Tao Chi’en
countryOfOrigin Chile
firstPublicationYear 1999
follows a young Chilean woman’s journey from Valparaíso to Gold Rush–era California
genre historical fiction
romantic fiction
hasSequel Portrait in Sepia
literaryMovement Latin American literature
mainCharacter Eliza Sommers
narrativePerspective third-person narration
notableFor depiction of women’s independence in the 19th century
portrayal of the California Gold Rush from a Latin American perspective
originalLanguage Spanish
originalPublicationCountry Spain
originalTitle Hija de la fortuna
partOfSeries Somers family
surface form: Sommers family cycle
publisher HarperCollins
settingLocation California, United States
surface form: California

Valparaíso
settingPeriod California Gold Rush
theme gender roles
identity
immigration
independence
love
self-discovery
translatedInto Chinese
Danish
Dutch
English
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Portuguese
Swedish

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Isabel Allende notableWork Daughter of Fortune
Portrait in Sepia prequel Daughter of Fortune
Portrait in Sepia sequelTo Daughter of Fortune