Margot Fonteyn (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Margaret Evelyn Hookham
- First Published: 1975
- Time of Work: 1922–1975
- Setting: Shanghai, London, New York, Paris, and Panama
- Principal Characters: Margot Fonteyn, Robert Arias, Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Rudolf Nureyev
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: Teaching or teachers, Autobiography, Marriage, England or English people, Dancing or dancers, Ballet or ballet dancers, Perfectionism, Performing arts
- Locales: New York, Paris, France, London, England, Shanghai, China, Panama
Form and Content
In Margot Fonteyn: Autobiography, Fonteyn re-creates the majority of her life, beginning as a young child and continuing into her fifties. Over a period of fifty-three years as a dancer, Fonteyn traveled across six continents and shared her talents with millions of people. Her autobiography documents these travels in two book sections made up of a total of twenty-three chapters, with each chapter identifying specific, related events within her life. An introduction and an epilogue serve as bookends for her life: One provides information about her family...
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