Euphrosyne returned the ruby brooch, revealing that she had stolen it while Lilliet was in prison. When they returned, the Tenor purchased Lilliet from Odile. Cora told Lilliet to never fall in love, and revealed that she was the Tenor’s previous “project” that failed.
Odile agreed and he took Lilliet to meet a courtesan singer named Cora Pearl. He adored her voice and asked Odile if he could take her to the opera. Eventually, Euphrosyne introduced to a man known as The Tenor. Lilliet learned how to be a proper courtesan. Odile explained that Lilliet was welcome to stay if she worked for her, and could only leave if she paid off the debt from imprisonment. After her time in prison, she was invited to l’Hotel des Majuers-Plainsirs by the owner, Odile. Unwilling to lose her friend, Lilliet agreed to register as a courtesan. However, when Lilliet defended her friend from a threatening man, the two are arrested and locked in a women’s prison named Saint-Lazare. Their friendship prompted Lilliet to remain in Paris. She left the circus to start a new life in either in Paris, or Lucerne.Īfter leaving the circus, Lilliet met a courtesan named Euphrosyne. There, she received a priceless ruby brooch. Once there, she performed hundreds of shows before her final act with the Emperor. Her singing and ability to ride a horse landed her a spot in a circus heading to Paris. She hoped to find passage to her mother’s family in Lucerne. Lilliet buried them and headed to New York.
However, before she could reveal the deception, her entire family died of the fever. In an effort to appease her mother, she pretended to lose her voice.
As the daughter of religious parents, she was ridiculed by her mother for prideful singing. On a quest to find the one who betrayed her, she begins her story of her childhood. She is shocked because only a few people know her life story. The novel begins in the year 1882, where rising Opera star Lilliet Berne learns that her life has become a muse for a future opera. The following version of this book was used to create this study guide: Chee, Alexander.
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