In “The Painted Girls,” a carefully researched, deeply imagined historical novel by Canadian writer Cathy Marie Buchanan, the Belle Époque comes to vibrant, often aching life. It follows two real-life ...

Canadian author Cathy Marie Buchanan's The Painted Girls, a New York Times bestseller, is inspired by the Edgar Degas sculpture The Little Dancer Aged Fourteen Years. In her novel, the Niagara Falls, ...

Monsieur LeBlanc leans against the doorframe, his arms folded over a belly grown round on pork crackling. A button is missing from his waistcoat, pulled too tight for the threads to bear. Maman wrings ...

The Painted Girls is a gritty portrayal not only of the world of the ballet but of Paris itself You can save this article by registering for free here. Or sign-in if you have an account. The human ...

How could I be jealous of a fictional child’s feet? Every time Antoinette van Goethem admires the “dancer’s feet” of her little sister Charlotte, memories of my years in ballet class came flooding ...

Edgar Degas's wax-and-fabric statuette "Little Dancer Aged Fourteen" has held the curiosity of millions in its 28 bronze reproductions, but far fewer know the heart-rending history of the model, Marie ...