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* DelicateAndSickly: Lin, Tao's first wife. She is absolutely beautiful and even has the bound feet that Tao finds beautiful. However, she is sick and has a hard time moving around on her tiny feet. When she eventually dies, Tao hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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* IllGirl: Lin, Tao's first wife. She is absolutely beautiful and even has the bound feet that Tao finds beautiful. However, she is sick and has a hard time moving around on her tiny feet. When she eventually dies, Tao hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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* PoliceAreUseless: As concerned as Tao is about the Chinese girls who are forced to work into brothels, he knows he cannot go to the authorities for this, because it is viewed as a "Chinese" people only.
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* PoliceAreUseless: As concerned as Tao is about the Chinese girls who are forced to work into brothels, he knows he cannot go to the authorities for this, because it is viewed as a "Chinese" people problem only.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off on her own to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin. Her disguise works.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off on her own to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin. Her disguise works. She even comes across a muleteer she suspects is doing the same as she is.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Babalu the Bad is the enforcer for Joe Bonecrusher, the madam of a traveling brothel during the California Gold Rush. He is tough enough to frighten an outlaw who tries to benefit from the brothel's services with just a few words. He is a BigEater and thinks "Chile Boy" (Eliza's alias while she pulls a SweetPollyOliver) needs to toughen up. He even confides in Eliza that he used to be Babalu the Good, but now that he is known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Babalu the Bad]], things go better for him. He also acts very protective toward Eliza and Tom, Joe's young ward.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Babalu the Bad is the enforcer for Joe Bonecrusher, the madam of a traveling brothel during the California Gold Rush. He is tough enough to frighten an outlaw who tries to benefit from the brothel's services with just a few words. He is a BigEater and thinks "Chile Boy" (Eliza's alias while (the company's nickname for Eliza, since she pulls is pulling a SweetPollyOliver) needs to toughen up. He even confides in Eliza that he used to be Babalu the Good, but now that he is known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Babalu the Bad]], things go better for him. He also acts very protective toward Eliza and Tom, Joe's young ward.
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* OnlyShopInTown: Paulina del Valle's idea to transport fresh produce and other perishable foods packed in ice from Chile to San Francisco makes her the only one capable selling such products in the area. Even with the high markup, there is great demand.
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* RidiculousExchangeRates: Paulina del Valle's idea to transport fresh produce and other perishable foods packed in ice to San Francisco allows her to resell these at a big markup, making her quite rich.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: Babalu the Bad is the enforcer for Joe Bonecrusher, the madam of a traveling brothel during the California Gold Rush. He is tough enough to frighten an outlaw who tries to benefit from the brothel's services with just a few words. He is a BigEater and thinks "Chile Boy" (Eliza's alias while she pulls a SweetPollyOliver) needs to toughen up. He even confides in Eliza that he used to be Babalu the Good, but now that he is known as [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Babalu the Bad]], things go better for him. He also acts very protective toward Eliza and Tom, Joe's young ward.
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* UngratefulBastard: The girls at Joe's brothel care for "Jack" after he shows up at their doorstep nearly dead from hypothermia. While under their roof, he tries to avail himself of their favors until [[TheBrute Babalu]] puts a stop to it. One day, he disappears, leaving a bag of coffee full of gold in lieu of thanking them.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jacob Todd follows Joaquín Andieta home. He is surprised to see the impoverished neighborhood where Joaquín lives (the streets are so filthy that Joaquín changes into a pair of slippers to keep clean his only pair of good shoes).
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jacob Todd follows Joaquín Andieta home. He is surprised to see the impoverished neighborhood where Joaquín lives (the streets are so filthy that Joaquín changes into a pair of slippers to keep clean his only pair of good shoes).
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* UngratefulBastard: The girls at Joe's brothel care for "Jack" after he shows up at their doorstep nearly dead from hypothermia. While under their roof, he tries to avail himself of their favors until [[TheBrute [[BruiserWithASoftCenter Babalu]] puts a stop to it. One day, he disappears, leaving a bag of coffee full of gold in lieu of thanking them.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jacob Todd follows Joaquín Andieta home. He is surprised to see the impoverished neighborhood where Joaquín lives (the streets are so filthy that Joaquín changes into a pair ofslippers galoshes to keep clean his only pair of good shoes).
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jacob Todd follows Joaquín Andieta home. He is surprised to see the impoverished neighborhood where Joaquín lives (the streets are so filthy that Joaquín changes into a pair of
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* UngratefulBastard: The girls at Joe's brothel care for "Jack" after his life-saving amputation. He tries to avail himself of their favors until [[TheBrute Babalu]] puts a stop to it. One day, he disappears, leaving a bag of coffee full of gold in lieu of thanking them.
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* UngratefulBastard: The girls at Joe's brothel care for "Jack" after his life-saving amputation. He he shows up at their doorstep nearly dead from hypothermia. While under their roof, he tries to avail himself of their favors until [[TheBrute Babalu]] puts a stop to it. One day, he disappears, leaving a bag of coffee full of gold in lieu of thanking them.
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A sequel, ''Literature/PortraitInSepia'', was published in 2002. It follows the life of Eliza's granddaughter Aurora del Valle, and provides the link between ''Daughter Of Fortune'' and Allende's first novel, ''Literature/TheHouseOfTheSpirits''
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A newborn baby girl is found by the doorstep of the home of Jeremy Sommers and his spinster sister. Miss Rose Sommers names the baby Eliza and raises her as a proper young lady in the British colony in Valparaiso, Chile. Her culture lessons are complemented by cooking lessons from Mama Fresia, an indigenous Mapuche woman who works for the Sommers. When she reaches her teens, she falls in love with the dirt-poor Joaquin Andieta. But it is 1849, and like many other Chileans, Joaquin has heard about the gold in California and [[FortyNiner he leaves to seek his fortune in San Francisco]]. Eliza is determined to follow him, no matter what. With the help of an unlikely companion, Eliza is determined to go to San Francisco and find him.
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A newborn baby girl is found by the doorstep of the home of Jeremy Sommers and his spinster sister. Miss Rose Sommers names the baby Eliza and raises her as a [[ProperLady proper young lady lady]] in the British colony in Valparaiso, Chile. Her culture lessons are complemented by cooking lessons from Mama Fresia, an indigenous Mapuche woman who works for the Sommers. When she reaches her teens, she falls in love with the dirt-poor Joaquin Andieta. But it is 1849, and like many other Chileans, Joaquin has heard about the gold in California and [[FortyNiner he leaves to seek his fortune in San Francisco]]. Eliza is determined to follow him, no matter what. With the help of an unlikely companion, Eliza is determined to go to San Francisco and find him.
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* {{Action Girl}}s: Plenty of women employ themselves as bounty hunters, cowgirls, and many other traditionally male professions. Eliza observes that it's bold women like herself, not dainty ladies, who thrive in San Francisco.
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** Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza's amputating his fingers to save him from dying from gangrene.]]
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** Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, Freemont, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza's amputating his fingers to save him from dying from gangrene.]]
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* LuridTalesOfDoom: The news pieces Jacob Todd/Freemount writes about outlaw Joaquín Murieta are utter fabrication. Jacob justifies himself by telling himself that every community needs its mythological, larger than life figures.
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* LuridTalesOfDoom: The news pieces Jacob Todd/Freemount Todd/Freemont writes about outlaw Joaquín Murieta are utter fabrication. Jacob justifies himself by telling himself with the notion that every community needs its mythological, larger than life figures.figures.
* MeaningfulRename: Jacob Todd leaves Chile in shame but reinvents himself in San Francisco as a reporter under the name "Jacob Freemont".
* PaperThinDisguise: Jacob is visited by "Elias Andieta" and despite the male attire, recognizes Eliza. He brings the news to the Sommers. Jeremy has trouble believing that Jacob (known for being a ConMan) saw Eliza, since the last time he saw her she was a kid, but Miss Rose points out that Eliza's face didn't change all that much.
* MeaningfulRename: Jacob Todd leaves Chile in shame but reinvents himself in San Francisco as a reporter under the name "Jacob Freemont".
* PaperThinDisguise: Jacob is visited by "Elias Andieta" and despite the male attire, recognizes Eliza. He brings the news to the Sommers. Jeremy has trouble believing that Jacob (known for being a ConMan) saw Eliza, since the last time he saw her she was a kid, but Miss Rose points out that Eliza's face didn't change all that much.
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* PoliceAreUseless: As concerned as Tao is about the Chinese girls who are forced to work into brothels, he knows he cannot go to the authorities for this, because it is viewed as a "Chinese" people only.
* RidiculousExchangeRates: Paulina del Valle's idea to transport fresh produce and other perishable foods packed in ice to San Francisco allows her to resell these at a big markup, making her quite rich.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Tao Chi'en is attacked in the street and has his queue forcibly cut off. He takes that as a sign to change from his traditional Chinese apparel to a more Westernized look of suit and tie. It shows others that he has access to areas that other Chinese do not. Eliza has trouble recognizing him when he shows up at Joe's establishment looking like this.
* RidiculousExchangeRates: Paulina del Valle's idea to transport fresh produce and other perishable foods packed in ice to San Francisco allows her to resell these at a big markup, making her quite rich.
* SignificantWardrobeShift: Tao Chi'en is attacked in the street and has his queue forcibly cut off. He takes that as a sign to change from his traditional Chinese apparel to a more Westernized look of suit and tie. It shows others that he has access to areas that other Chinese do not. Eliza has trouble recognizing him when he shows up at Joe's establishment looking like this.
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* UngratefulBastard: The girls at Joe's brothel care for "Jack" after his life-saving amputation. He tries to avail himself of their favors until [[TheBrute Babalu]] puts a stop to it. One day, he disappears, leaving a bag of coffee full of gold in lieu of thanking them.
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** HumanTrafficker Ah Toy, the very first, and most famous and well-paid, Chinese prostitute in San Francisco, appears as one of Tao's patients and later becomes his enemy.
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** HumanTrafficker [[HumanTraffickers Ah Toy, Toy]], the very first, and most famous and well-paid, Chinese prostitute in San Francisco, appears as one of Tao's patients and later becomes his enemy.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The novel features Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza's intervention.]]
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The novel features HistoricalDomainCharacter:
** Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza'sintervention.]]amputating his fingers to save him from dying from gangrene.]]
** HumanTrafficker Ah Toy, the very first, and most famous and well-paid, Chinese prostitute in San Francisco, appears as one of Tao's patients and later becomes his enemy.
** Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza's
** HumanTrafficker Ah Toy, the very first, and most famous and well-paid, Chinese prostitute in San Francisco, appears as one of Tao's patients and later becomes his enemy.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off on her own to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin. Her disguise works.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off on her own to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin. Her disguise works.works.
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jacob Todd follows Joaquín Andieta home. He is surprised to see the impoverished neighborhood where Joaquín lives (the streets are so filthy that Joaquín changes into a pair of slippers to keep clean his only pair of good shoes).
* WrongSideOfTheTracks: Jacob Todd follows Joaquín Andieta home. He is surprised to see the impoverished neighborhood where Joaquín lives (the streets are so filthy that Joaquín changes into a pair of slippers to keep clean his only pair of good shoes).
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* LuridTalesOfDooms: The news pieces Jacob Todd/Freemount writes about outlaw Joaquín Murieta are utter fabrication. Jacob justifies himself by telling himself that every community needs its mythological, larger than life figures.
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* LuridTalesOfDooms: LuridTalesOfDoom: The news pieces Jacob Todd/Freemount writes about outlaw Joaquín Murieta are utter fabrication. Jacob justifies himself by telling himself that every community needs its mythological, larger than life figures.
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* HiddenDepths: Despite being a spinster, Miss Rose writes erotic novels anonymously. Her brother Jeremy is completely ignorant of this, but her brother John helps her get them published.
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* LuridTalesOfDooms: The news pieces Jacob Todd/Freemount writes about outlaw Joaquín Murieta are utter fabrication. Jacob justifies himself by telling himself that every community needs its mythological, larger than life figures.
* PlatonicProstitution:
** Esther, one of the prostitutes Eliza travels with has a client, a Quaker blacksmith who visits her just to talk, because he likes her that much. They end up getting married.
** Tao Chi'en used to visit prostitutes for their services. Later on, he visits one to obtain more information about Ah Toy's "sing song girls."
* PlatonicProstitution:
** Esther, one of the prostitutes Eliza travels with has a client, a Quaker blacksmith who visits her just to talk, because he likes her that much. They end up getting married.
** Tao Chi'en used to visit prostitutes for their services. Later on, he visits one to obtain more information about Ah Toy's "sing song girls."
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Subverted. Tao agrees to help Eliza stowaway on his ship, unaware she is pregnant. When he goes down and finds her nearly bleeding out, he realizes that she was pregnant and has to make extra efforts to make sure she survives.
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* ConvenientMiscarriage: Subverted. Tao agrees to help Eliza stowaway on his ship, unaware she is pregnant. When he goes down and finds her nearly bleeding out, he
* DoorstopBaby: How Eliza is found; wrapped inside a sweater and tucked inside a box left at the Sommers' house.
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* GoodGirlsAvoidAbortion: Mama Fresia learns about Eliza's pregnancy and makes arrangements for an abortion with a ''machi'' (a medicine woman). On the scheduled night, Eliza is on her way to Mama Fresia's hut when she bumps into her uncle John. He thinks she is acting suspiciously and manages to prevent from leaving the house, so the abortion doesn't happen.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The novel features Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza's intervention.]]
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: The novel features Manuel Garcia, a.k.a. Three-Fingered Jack, and Joaquin Murrieta, an outlaw leader during the Gold Rush period. Joaquin ends up becoming a mythical figure thanks to Jacob Freemount, who makes up exciting stories and passes them off as true. As for Jack, he becomes [[{{Fingore}} Three-Fingered Jack]] thanks to [[spoiler: Eliza's intervention.]]
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* IllGirl: Lin, Tao's first wife. She is absolutely beautiful and even has the bound feet that Tao finds beautiful. However, she is sick and has a hard time moving around on her tiny feet. When she eventually dies, Tao hits the DespairEventHorizon.
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A newborn baby girl is found by the doorstep of the home of Jeremy Sommers and his spinster sister. Miss Rose Sommers names the baby Eliza and raises her as a proper young lady in the British colony in Valparaiso, Chile. Her culture lessons are complemented by cooking lessons from Mama Fresia, an indigenous Mapuche woman who works for the Sommers. When she reaches her teens, she falls in love with the dirt-poor Joaquin Andieta. But it is 1849, and like many other Chileans, Joaquin has heard about the gold in California and he leaves to seek his fortune in San Francisco. Eliza is determined to follow him, no matter what. With the help of an unlikely companion, Eliza is determined to go to San Francisco and find him.
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A newborn baby girl is found by the doorstep of the home of Jeremy Sommers and his spinster sister. Miss Rose Sommers names the baby Eliza and raises her as a proper young lady in the British colony in Valparaiso, Chile. Her culture lessons are complemented by cooking lessons from Mama Fresia, an indigenous Mapuche woman who works for the Sommers. When she reaches her teens, she falls in love with the dirt-poor Joaquin Andieta. But it is 1849, and like many other Chileans, Joaquin has heard about the gold in California and [[FortyNiner he leaves to seek his fortune in San Francisco.Francisco]]. Eliza is determined to follow him, no matter what. With the help of an unlikely companion, Eliza is determined to go to San Francisco and find him.
* FortyNiner: Like many before him, Joaquin decides to try his luck as a miner in San Francisco, leaving everything behind including his sick mother and Eliza.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin. Her disguise works.
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off on her own to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin. Her disguise works.
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* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Out of all the girls who work for Joe, Esther fits this trope theory best. The town blacksmith, a devout Quaker, is besotted by her and ends up marrying her.
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** Azucena agrees to help Tao with Eliza's care in exchange for jewelry. She ends up becoming fond of Eliza. When [[spoiler:Captain Sommers bumps into her and recognizes the brooch, he demands to know what became of Eliza. Azucena lies on her behalf and says Eliza died at sea, figuring Eliza left home for a good reason.]]
** Out of all the girls who work for Joe, Esther fits this tropetheory best. The town blacksmith, a devout Quaker, is besotted by her and ends up marrying her.
** Azucena agrees to help Tao with Eliza's care in exchange for jewelry. She ends up becoming fond of Eliza. When [[spoiler:Captain Sommers bumps into her and recognizes the brooch, he demands to know what became of Eliza. Azucena lies on her behalf and says Eliza died at sea, figuring Eliza left home for a good reason.]]
** Out of all the girls who work for Joe, Esther fits this trope
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''Daughter of Fortune'' (Spanish: ''Hija de la fortuna'') is a 1999 novel by Creator/IsabelAllende.
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''Daughter of Fortune'' (Spanish: ''Hija de la fortuna'') is a1999 novel by Creator/IsabelAllende.
Creator/IsabelAllende. The original version in Spanish was published in 1998; an English translation was issued in 1999.
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''Daughter of Fortune'' (Spanish: ''Hija de la fortuna'') is a
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* SweetPollyOliver: Twice. First, Tao Chi'en has Eliza dress in a spare set of his clothes and tells people she is his brother, and mute on top of it. The next time, Eliza decides to go off to look for Joaquin. She cuts off her braid hair and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", A a young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin.Joaquin. Her disguise works.
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''Daughter of Fortune'' (Spanish: ''Hija de la fortuna'') is a 1999 novel by Creator/IsabelAllende.
A newborn baby girl is found by the doorstep of the home of Jeremy Sommers and his spinster sister. Miss Rose Sommers names the baby Eliza and raises her as a proper young lady in the British colony in Valparaiso, Chile. Her culture lessons are complemented by cooking lessons from Mama Fresia, an indigenous Mapuche woman who works for the Sommers. When she reaches her teens, she falls in love with the dirt-poor Joaquin Andieta. But it is 1849, and like many other Chileans, Joaquin has heard about the gold in California and he leaves to seek his fortune in San Francisco. Eliza is determined to follow him, no matter what. With the help of an unlikely companion, Eliza is determined to go to San Francisco and find him.
!!Tropes present in this work
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Out of all the girls who work for Joe, Esther fits this trope theory best. The town blacksmith, a devout Quaker, is besotted by her and ends up marrying her.
* SweetPollyOliver: Eliza cuts off her braid and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", A young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin.
A newborn baby girl is found by the doorstep of the home of Jeremy Sommers and his spinster sister. Miss Rose Sommers names the baby Eliza and raises her as a proper young lady in the British colony in Valparaiso, Chile. Her culture lessons are complemented by cooking lessons from Mama Fresia, an indigenous Mapuche woman who works for the Sommers. When she reaches her teens, she falls in love with the dirt-poor Joaquin Andieta. But it is 1849, and like many other Chileans, Joaquin has heard about the gold in California and he leaves to seek his fortune in San Francisco. Eliza is determined to follow him, no matter what. With the help of an unlikely companion, Eliza is determined to go to San Francisco and find him.
!!Tropes present in this work
* HookerWithAHeartOfGold: Out of all the girls who work for Joe, Esther fits this trope theory best. The town blacksmith, a devout Quaker, is besotted by her and ends up marrying her.
* SweetPollyOliver: Eliza cuts off her braid and puts on men's clothes. With some dirt on her face, she passes herself off as "Elias Andieta", A young man searching for "his" brother Joaquin.
