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Mistress Mine
Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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In 1876, Louise St Quentin was sixteen. She was an orphan and the rich owner of a huge estate. Her future seemed all mapped out; a marriage of convenience would be arranged for her so that she would have someone to help her manage her estate. But Louise had the rather unfortunate tendency of listening to her heart rather than her reason. The end of the nineteenth century was terribly exciting, and Louise wanted to discover everything - the adventure lying at the end of the railway track, romantic music, the modern cuisine in the new Parisian restaurants, and impressionist painting. Was her artistic, cultural and above all sensual upbringing going to lead the young girl to her ruin or to love? A native of the Selle valley, would Louise find the grass greener on the other side of the world? A word by Jane Hentges, the translator It was so exciting when, after sending emails to each other for a couple of weeks, Gabrielle Dubois contacted me on Mothering Sunday to tell me that she had chosen me to translate the first volume of her Louise Saint Quentin saga Mistress Mine (Sous les Eucalyptus in French). It was a wonderful, totally unexpected mothering day present. After teaching English literature and translation in a French university for twenty years, here I was confronted with a real challenge - and some challenge! Such simple things at first sight as Monsieur, Madame and Mademoiselle turned out to be amazingly difficult to translate, as ways of addressing people at different periods in time, in different social classes and in different countries are not the same and not only is the novel is set in the 19th century but the heroine, Louise, travels all over the world! The fact the novel is set in the 19th century also creates numerous other difficulties of a more technical nature. For example, it would have been so simple if young girls had worn tee shirts and jeans at the time but this was far from being the case. They wore very sophisticated, elaborate clothes, especially in the upper-class circles which Louise moves around in, and Gabrielle Dubois obviously studied the fashion of the time in detail. In fact the whole novel is extremely well documented. The novel, however, was a real pleasure to translate as it is so pleasant to read. The reader can't help getting attached to the heroine and all the men who cross her path during her travels. Louise Saint Quentin not only becomes their much desired "Mistress Mine" but she is above all her own "Mistress Mine" as she has to learn all about life and how to fend for herself from a very early age, something unusual for a girl at the time. The numerous, often pithy, dialogues throughout the novel show her personality and how it evolves. They bring both Louise and the other characters to life and together with all the little, well-observed details, create "a reality effect." In a word, Mistress Mine is a good read as we are drawn into the novel from the start and find it hard to put down. Although we are rather sad to get to the end, we know there are other volumes of the saga in store and we can't wait to read them as we know very well that Louise's journey through life is in its early stages and that Mistress Mine is just the beginning."
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Beautifully written, with glorious description, and a cast of wonderful characters, this was a very generous story. This is an author I have not read before, but most certainly read again. Mistress Mine is a historical romance you will want on your bookshelf.

This book was given to me by the author, Gabrielle Dubois, for an honest review. Thank you Gabrielle for transporting me to another time and place.

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To my Sister,
It's my new blog post to be read on Goodreads or on www.gabrielledubois.net!
I have three sisters, and you?

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arlenefinnigan
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Merci beaucoup @GabrielleDubois !

Cathythoughts Gorgeous post 👍🏻♥️ 5y
GabrielleDubois My pleasure, Arlene! Thanks for the pic, and most of all, I'm happy you enjoy my novels! 💕 5y
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"Life can be so unexpected and wonderful!"
That's what Louise thinks in Mistress Mine, although she has some hard times. Being a heroine is not always easy for a fictional character!
A two parts series
Part 1 Mistress Mine
Part 2 Where are you roaming?
by #gabrielledubois

robinb #coverlove ❤️❤️ 6y
GabrielleDubois @robinb Thank you, Robin, and inside, it's even better! 💕 6y
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GabrielleDubois
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Mistress Mine,
Chapter 37,
The title of this chapter is "Hattie".
I illustrated it with what I could find at home... What do you think?

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois
#australianfiction

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"Words are like humans — alone, they are useless; together, they make sense.” Gabrielle Dubois

A #quote by #gabrielledubois #storyteller
#femalewriter #historicalfiction

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"The author, Gabrielle Dubois, develops each character thoroughly. We come to know Louise intimately as she grows both physically and emotionally through the book. Each new character who is introduced is given adequate space in the book so that we also know them, know how they came to be where they are and why they are now in Louise's life..."
More of this amazing and beautiful review by Mackey to be read on Goodreads, thank you, Mackey!

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#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois
Chapter 38,
A Rude Awakening.

Today is July the 14th, it's Bastille day, thank you very much @arlenefinnigan for your kind post. 💕

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arlenefinnigan
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Bonne fête nationale @GabrielleDubois ! (And bonne chance in the final tomorrow) 🇫🇷
Photo by lilus_library on Instagram

GabrielleDubois Oh, you're so kind, this touches me so much, Arlene, thank you very very very much! I know you watch and like football, I'm sorry England lost against Belgium... my husband's country! 😊 Both him and I only know when France wins, because we hear the cars' horns at night in the street! 6y
arlenefinnigan @GabrielleDubois it wasn't to be 😉 my team, Oldham Athletic, have a lot of French-born players ('the French lads'). Allez les bleus! 6y
GabrielleDubois @arlenefinnigan Oh, yes? Great! I'm so bad with sports, sorry! 🙄 6y
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arlenefinnigan @GabrielleDubois don't worry, there are plenty of people in England who haven't heard of Oldham Athletic. We're not very good! 6y
GabrielleDubois @arlenefinnigan I can hear the cars horns! 6y
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GabrielleDubois
Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine,
Chapter 36, you'll land in a port, but which one?

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine,
Chapter 35, you'll meet this determinate little guy!

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine,
Chapter 34,
A French lady, an art dealer, a painting, a client, will all meet in Sydney, Australia... but what for?

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois
#australianfiction

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Mistress Mine,
Chapter 33,
Where we're introduced to a wonderful new character... and how not to like him?

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

CarolynM Love that Tom Roberts painting! I take it from the French title that it's at least partly set in Australia? I'm intrigued. Stacked 6y
GabrielleDubois @CarolynM Yes! A Tom Roberts painting! A great Australian painter, I love his paintings too Carolyn. And yes, the heroine travels in Mistress Mine - France, Polynesia, Australia... from 1876 to 1880. I read a lot of memoirs by French people who went to these different countries at the time, so I couldn't see through their eyes. It was interesting, surprising and fun! Enjoy and let me know, please! 6y
GabrielleDubois @CarolynM You can read an excerpt from Mistress Mine on www.gabrielledubois.net, if you wish. 6y
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GabrielleDubois
Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine,
Chapter 32,
An Art Dealer's Hard Deal

What's a donkey's got to do with this chapter?

#mistressmine #historicalnovel

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GabrielleDubois
Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine, Chapter 31...
Oh, what an unexpected chapter, this one! 😍

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine, Chapter 30, The Northern Pass to Papeete...
Oh, this #historicalnovel will take you so far away from home and from your daily life!
#mistressmine by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine, Chapter 29,
Welcome on board...

I'm glad I made many pics few weeks ago, when I was a little less busy... May and June are such exhausting months at work! I just have few minutes per day to post.
I can't wait July, to breathe a little bit and I wish one day I'l can afford to only write and read! 😏
I hope you had a pleasant day reading, guys!

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

Suet624 💕💕 6y
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Mistress Mine, Chapter 28, The Grand Departure.

Question: which 3 books would you take on a desert island?

#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine, Chapter 27,
Sometimes, a summer changes your life...

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine, Chapter 26,
Only twenty-four hours in this chapter, but for what?

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

CouronneDhiver That clock reminds me of Cogsworth 6y
GabrielleDubois @CouronneDhiver I went to have a look on Internet to check what Cogsworth was! 😊 It's not. It is a clock of the clockmaker Jean-Baptiste Baillon, of the 18th century. She belonged to my grandmother. 6y
CouronneDhiver Beautiful! 6y
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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine, Chapter 24,
A big resolution will be taken in this chapter...

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine, Chapter 23,

What's the connection between this man and Louise, Mistress Mine's heroine?

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Thank you @GabrielleDubois for this beautiful looking and sounding book. It is a historical fiction set in 1870‘s France and sounds absolutely divine. I‘ll be reading and reviewing this in June (unless I can fit it sneakily into my May stack 😉). I‘m sure some of you Littens will find this one intriguing. Looking at you @LeahBergen @Sarah83 @wanderinglynn and @batsy 💛 #historicalfiction #regency #victorian #booklover #bookblogger #bookish

Cinfhen Great cover 💗 6y
batsy Beautiful cover! And it does sound so good! 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Cinfhen It‘s pretty, isn‘t it? 🙂💛 6y
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Sophoclessweetheart @batsy It reminded me instantly of Austen so I figured other Austenites would maybe like the sound of it too! 😁💛 6y
wanderinglynn That sounds really intriguing! ❤️ 6y
tammysue Lovely cover! 💜 6y
GabrielleDubois Suspense, suspense...! Thanks for the pic! 😍 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @whatshesreadingnow Isn‘t it? I really love the elegant design x 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @GabrielleDubois 😹😹 Indeed. You‘re most welcome! I can‘t wait to dive in! X 6y
Sarah83 I am already following her. 😊 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @Sarah83 😹😹😉💛 6y
GabrielleDubois @Sarah83 I know, Sarah, thanks, so do I... not following myself, following you! 😁 6y
Sarah83 @GabrielleDubois 😊🤗👍 6y
LeahBergen Sounds lovely! 6y
GabrielleDubois Hi, I hope you'll have time to read Mistress Mine this summer! 🙂 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @GabrielleDubois Hi Gabrielle, I‘m so sorry I haven‘t reviewed this for you yet. I was so busy with uni and then preparing for my end of term exam that I didn‘t have the time. Then afterwards I was bombarded with review books from publisher I work with that had deadlines! I promise I‘ll get to it this month and get my review to you. 🖤🖤 6y
GabrielleDubois @Sorceryandswords Hi, Kendal, I hope you did well with your exams. It's alright for me about the review. If you just don't mind not to say I sent you the book, but it's up to you. Have pleasant readings, thank you, Gabrielle. 😊 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @GabrielleDubois Not at all. I don‘t mind that, 🖤 And Thank you! I get my results on the 17th! Xx 6y
Sophoclessweetheart @GabrielleDubois Hi Gabrielle, I‘m so sorry! I‘ve been so busy and had completely forgotten about this! I‘m transitioning my daughter into her new nursery before my next semester of uni starts back in three weeks and it‘s been manic before, now it‘s just crazy. I promise I‘ll get to this as soon as possible! I‘m so sorry for your wait! 6y
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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
Chapter 22
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois
Who could believe I made this little statue in clay when I was a teenager!

Sophoclessweetheart She‘s lovely 😍💛 6y
GabrielleDubois @Wanderingwithwords Thank you! Certainly one day, when I have time, I'll make some again... 🙂 6y
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GabrielleDubois
Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
Chapter 21
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois
It's not so easy to illustrate each chapter of this novel, with the main theme of the chapter and only with things I can find at home!

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
Chapter 20
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
#chapter19
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
Chapter18, ... No spoilers, I hid the text!
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

Sophoclessweetheart This looks so very lovely x 6y
GabrielleDubois @Wanderingwithwords This is so very lovely! 😏 6y
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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
Chapter17
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine's illustrated chapters,
Chapter 16, ...
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 15, ...
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Book challenge, day 14!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 14, ...
#onechapteraday
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Book challenge, day 13!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 13 ...
#onechapteraday
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Mistress Mine | Gabrielle DuBois
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Book challenge, day 12!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 12...

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 11!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 11,
The Garnier Opera House
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 9!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 10, The Bustles

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 9!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 9,

#mistressmine #historicalfiction by
#gabrielledubois

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GabrielleDubois
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Book challenge, day 8!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 8, Laperouse restaurant

#onechapteraday #chaptereight
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 6!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 7, Rue Auguste Comte

#onechapteraday #chapterseven
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 6!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 6,
The decision

#onechapteraday #chapterfive
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 5!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 5,
Readings

Mistress Mine is nominated for the June reading on Historical Fictionistas group on Goodreads!

#onechapteraday #chapterfive
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge, day 4!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 4,
Ten years later

#onechapteradaychallenge
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 3,
A cat among the pigeons

#challengeonechapteraday
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

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Book challenge!
One chapter illustrated a day!
Mistress Mine,
Chapter 2,
Margaret and Joseph

#onechapteraday #chaptertwo
#mistressmine #historicalfiction by #gabrielledubois

#challenge #australianfiction

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Personal challenge!
One illustrated chapter a day...
Mistress Mine, Chapter 1, Karl Meyer, guess who he is!
#mistressmine #historicalfiction

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Eggs Great pic 6y
GabrielleDubois @Eggs Thank you! 6y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty!!! ❤️ 6y
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Cathythoughts Beautiful pic ❤️ 6y
GabrielleDubois @Cathythoughts Thank you Cathy! 6y
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Today we had to cut a tree in the garden. Too big tree... too small garden.
#gabrielledubois #historicalfiction #mistressmine

DivineDiana Sad. 🙁 6y
GabrielleDubois @DivineDiana Ah, yes. I like trees so much that I think I wanted to much of them in my garden! 6y
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"Life can be so unexpected and wonderful" Louise says in Mistress Mine.
#mistressmine #historicalnovel by #gabrielledubois

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In the garden... tree, wood, paper, book... back in the trees! 😊
#mistressmine #historicalfiction #gabrielledubois

Cathythoughts ❤️❤️❤️ 6y
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Winter reading! ❄

Cathythoughts Gorgeous picture 6y
GabrielleDubois @Cathythoughts Thank you Cathy. I took it in my garden, and the snow melted few hours later... 6y
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