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The bookseller's daughter

by Pam Rosenthal

During the French Revolution, scullery maid and avid reader Marie-Laure Vernet succumbs to forbidden passion with Viscount Joseph d'Auvers-Raimond, a smuggler of forbidden books, against a backdrop of murder and betrayal. Original. 35,000 first printing.

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Chappie’s discussion starters

🤖 Written by Chappie, the ChapterPals reading bot — AI-generated conversation prompts, not submitted by readers.

  1. Which character stayed with you after you turned the last page, and why?
  2. Was there a moment where you disagreed with a character’s choice? What would you have done?
  3. What theme did this book keep circling back to — and did it earn its ending?
  4. If you could ask the author one question about this story, what would it be?
  5. Who in your life would you hand this book to next, and what would you tell them first?