
The Curse of Beauty
The Scandalous & Tragic Life of Audrey Munson, America's First Supermodel
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Narrated by:
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Marianne Fraulo
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By:
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James Bone
The tumultuous and heartbreaking life of a world-famous model whose riveting story of beauty, fame, passion, murder, and madness in the Gilded Age captivated a nation.
As America was stepping into the modern era, one great beauty became the artist's model of choice. Her perfect form became the emblem of the Gilded Age and appears on the greatest monuments of New York and the nation. Supermodel, actress, icon - her beauty paved the way for a life of glamour, passion, and ultimately tragedy. She dated the millionaires of the fashionable Newport colony and became the first American movie star ever to appear naked in a film, but her promising film career collapsed; her doctor fell in love with her and killed his own wife; and on her fortieth birthday her mother committed her to an insane asylum. She remained there until her death in 1996 at the age of 104 and is now buried in an unmarked grave.
Her name is Audrey Munson.
Many listeners will recognize Audrey Munson and have walked by her in the street without even knowing her name. She stands atop New York's Municipal Building. She sits as Miss Manhattan and Miss Brooklyn outside the Brooklyn Museum and is immortalized on the Manhattan Bridge, the Frick Mansion, the New York Public Library, and the Pulitzer Fountain outside the Plaza Hotel. In gold, bronze, and stone, she still graces bridges, skyscrapers, fountains, churches, monuments, and public buildings across the nation, from Jacksonville to San Francisco, from Atlanta to the Wisconsin state capitol.
From James Bone, the former New York bureau chief of The Times of London, this brilliantly reported investigative biography reveals for the first time the riveting truth of the forgotten life of an iconic beauty.
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As indulgent and impressive as the Gilded Age
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sadness for days
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What an Amazing Life
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A very interesting story. Very complex.
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Fascinating
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Too long
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it should have been about audrey
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What would have made The Curse of Beauty better?
Leaving out parts that were unrelated to the story. It seems like he had to use fillers to write the book, and did not have enough information about Audrey Munson.If you’ve listened to books by James Bone before, how does this one compare?
This is the first book, which I lost interest in and stopped listening to it.How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator sounds like a robot, and made the story even more unbearable, I will not buy any other books narrated by her.You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
The story could have been good if he left out all tidbits we did not need to hear, and if there were a different narrator who did'nt sound like a robot.Any additional comments?
I wish I could get my money back!Lost Interest
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Interesting but....
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Boring.
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