![]() ![]() Then Cornelia meets Carel, the son of a wealthy ship owner. Her much loved brother, Titus, has recently married a very wealthy young woman and without him around Cornelia is alone and without support. ![]() Though she is angry with her father Cornelia must still take care of him and she still has to be the one to worry about their future. Cornelia is that child and she is treated badly by her neighbors because of her background. Not only has he become bankrupt, but he also lived in sin with his maid, refused to marry her, and had a child with her. Instead Cornelia and her father are very poor and they are isolated because Rembrandt has done things which the people of Amsterdam do not approve of. You would have thought that with a famous painter for a father that Cornelia would be well off and living comfortably. I am Rembrandt’s Daughter Lynn Cullen Historical Fiction Ages 12 and up Bloomsbury Books, 2007, 1-59990-046-7 Cornelia is angry with the whole world, especially with her father Rembrandt van Rijn. ![]()
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