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Phillip margulies has 28 books on goodreads with 11243 ratings. Belle cora is the fictional autobiography of a new york city merchants daughter, a farm girl, a millworker, a prostitute, a madam, a killer, a missionary, a spirit medium, a respectable society matron i guess you need 600 pages for all of that. Her words change appropriately depending on her circumstances and her condition. She picks herself up and makes her own way in the world. Buy phillip margulies ebooks to read online or download in pdf or epub on your pc, tablet or mobile device. Born arabella ryan in 1832, belle cora was the daughter of a baltimore minister and a doting mother.
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