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Oscar and Lucinda by Carey, Peter
- Bookseller: gigabooks
 (US)
- Seller Inventory #: 89389
- Binding: Paperback
- ISBN 10: 0060915927
- ISBN 13: 9780060915926
- Publisher: Perennial Library
- Place: New York, New York, U.S.A.
- Date published: 1995
- Size: 5.25 x 8 x 1 inches
- Weight: 0.75 pounds
Description
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Perennial Library, 1995. Trade Paperback - VG - Book is clean - 433 pages.. ISBN: 0060915927. Trade Paperback. Very Good. CLERGY FICTION AUSTRALIA HISTORICAL.
Book summary
This whimsical novel, winner of the 1988 Booker Prize, is set in Victorian England and Australia, is the story of two highly unusual people: Oscar Hopkins, rebellious son of a disciplinarian preacher, and Lucinda Leplastrier, an heiress who has just bought a glass factory. The two meet on shipboard, fall in love, and find that they share an attraction for gambling and for risks--a taste that culminates in the precarious conveyance of a crystal church across the rough Australian outback. The novel was made into a major motion picture in 1997 starring Ralph Fiennes and Cate Blanchett.
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