Jeremy is an employee of the British Import and Export Company and as such was dispatched to oversee their Chilean operations in Valparaiso. She doesn’t really belong to either world, making her ripe to rebel.
It is through her that we see the world of both the privileged and the oppressed. We follow her from her sheltered childhood through the many adventures of her early adulthood. That she becomes an unusual young woman is of no surprise given her unusual circumstances. She learns to do all the things a proper English girl should do, but she also eagerly absorbs the earthy knowledge of the peasant servants with whom she spends much of her time. She knows her place and learns quickly to become invisible and lean on the ample bosom of Mama Fresia when she wants something close to a mother. The CharactersĪbandoned at birth, Eliza has no prospects other than those bestowed upon her by the generosity of the brother and sister who take her in. The history is meticulously researched and beautifully presented, giving the reader a marvelous portrait of a vast spectrum of experiences during a relatively short span of time. The history is rich and robust, including not only events, but deep looks into culture, habit, and the effects of a rapidly changing world on both the upper and lower classes. Author Isabel Allende uses her characters to examine the times, places, and cultures in which she endeavors to place her story. The book is also, and I would argue more so, a history lesson on the world of the mid-19 th century, from Chile to China to the California gold rush. Rose lives with her brother Jeremy in the English section of Valparaiso and takes intermittent interest in the girl, who ends up being taught English manners but being nurtured by the Chilean housekeeper, Mama Fresia.
Abandoned as an infant on the steps of the home of an English family in Valparaiso, Chile, Eliza is taken in and raised, sort of, like a daughter by Rose Sommers. Daughter of Fortune is ostensibly the story of Eliza Sommers.
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