The Painted Girls A Novel.

#1 National Bestseller and New York Times Bestseller Paris, 1878. Following her father's sudden death, Marie van Goethem is dispatched to the Paris Opéra, where for a scant wage she is trained to enter the famous Ballet. Her older sister, Antoinette, finds work-and the love of a dangerous young man-as an extra on the stage. Marie is soon modeling in the studio of renowned artist Edgar Degas, who will immortalize her image forever, while Antoin...