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Flip: A California Romance is a charming and witty novella by Bret Harte that tells the story of Flip Chubb, a spirited young woman raised in the rough-and-tumble mining camps of California. Brought up among frontiersmen and fortune-seekers, Flip defies traditional feminine expectations with her boldness, intelligence, and sharp tongue. When love enters her life in the form of a refined Eastern gentleman, she must navigate cultural differences, personal identity, and societal expectations. Blending humor, romance, and social commentary, Harte paints a vivid portrait of post-Gold Rush California and explores themes of gender, class, and self-determination. With its engaging heroine and lively dialogue, Flip offers a refreshing and unconventional take on love and independence in the American West.
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About Bret Harte
Bret Harte (1836–1902) was born in Albany, New York, and was raised in New York City. He had no formal education, but he inherited a love for books. Harte wrote for the San Franciscan Golden Era paper. There he published his first condensed novels, which were brilliant parodies of the works of well-known authors, such as Dickens and Cooper. Later, he became clerk in the US branch mint. This job gave Harte time to also work for the Overland Monthly, where he published his world-famous “Luck of the Roaring Camp” and commissioned Mark Twain to write weekly articles. In 1871, Harte was hired by the Atlantic Monthly for $10,000 to write twelve stories a year, which was the highest figure paid to an American writer at the time.