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The Barbizon: The Hotel That Set Women Free

The Barbizon is Paulina Bren's biographical portrait of the Hotel That Set Women Free. The narrative identifies the people, decisions, and pressures that shaped the subject, then places those developments within the connected fields of biography & autobiography and history. Specific examples keep the larger argument tangible and reveal why familiar explanations do not always account for the full story. The book ultimately clarifies what made these developments possible, who experienced their effects, and why the story remains significant. The emphasis stays on explanation, context, and the lived consequences behind the larger argument.

Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Publication date: 2021
Format: Print edition
Pages: 384
ISBN: 9781982123895

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