Claude & Camille: A Novel of Monet (36 page)

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

S
TEPHANIE
C
OWELL
is the critically acclaimed author of
Marrying Mozart, Nicholas Cooke, The Players: A Novel of the Young Shakespeare
, and
The Physician of London
(winner of a 1996 American Book Award).

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters, places, and incidents either are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously.

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Cowell, Stephanie.
Claude & Camille : a novel of Monet / Stephanie Cowell.—1st ed.
p. cm.
1. Monet, Claude, 1840–1926—Fiction. 2. Monet, Camille, 1847–1879—Fiction.
3. Painters—France—Fiction. 4. Painters’ spouses—France—Biography.
5. Impressionist artists—France—Fiction. 6. Giverny (France)—Fiction.
I. Title. II. Title: Claude and Camille.
PS3553.O898C63 2010
813′.54—dc22 2009023383

eISBN: 978-0-307-46323-4

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Table of Contents

Cover

Other Books by this Author

Title Page

Dedication

Prelude: Giverny 1908

Part One