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Storyville
Storyville
Author: Lois Battle
Some say all women have a price -- that they all sell themselves somehow. There was once a place where that was true -- where hard cash bought the softest women. In turn-of-the-century New Orleans, it was called... Storyville. — Transplanted Yankee Julia Randsome was a blue-blooded suffragette who wanted to close it down. Beautiful, naive Kate Ca...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780140267693
ISBN-10: 0140267697
Publication Date: 12/1/1997
Pages: 448
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  • Currently 3.7/5 Stars.
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3.7 stars, based on 23 ratings
Publisher: Penguin
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Excellent book. I couldn't put it down.
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 reviewed Storyville on + 628 more book reviews
My sister read this and said it was qyite good about a brothel in New Orleans. Unfortunately the book was falling apart so I never got to read it.
reviewed Storyville on + 111 more book reviews
Battle's smoothly written novel, set in turn-of-the-century New Orleans's red-light district, depicts two women at opposite ends of the social scale who become activists for women's rights.
toni avatar reviewed Storyville on + 351 more book reviews
I really found this book to be quite entertaining. It is not your typical historical romance but it is good read if you like stories with heart! It is set in the STORYVILLE district in New Orleans in the early 20th Century when prostitution was legal in this part of the city. I do recommended it as a good book to read!!
emeraldfire avatar reviewed Storyville on
This is the story of two very different women living in 1880s New Orleans. Innocent Kate - seduced by a rake and abandoned - turns to a life of prostitution to support herself. She wins the heart of the wealthy son of a distinguished New Orleans family. Meanwhile, transplanted Boston blueblood, suffragette Julia, has just discovered that her husband Charles owns brothels in Storyville, the prostitution district of New Orleans.

This severely damages their marriage through Julia's bitterness and lack of trust. Eventually, tragedy adds another dimension to their domestic squabbling; then Julia befriends the luckless Kate and comes into her own as a activist for women's rights. I liked this story very much, although I did think that it was a little slow for me to get into at the beginning. I give it an A+!
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A older very good book.
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I really enjoyed this book! There is romance and history combined.


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