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Oscar and Lucinda
Oscar and Lucinda
Author: Peter Carey
Peter Carey's novel of the undeclared love between clergyman Oscar Hopkins and the heiress Lucinda Leplastrier is both a moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times. Made for each other, the two are gamblers - one obsessive, the other compulsive - incapable of winning at the game of love. Oscar and Lucin...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780571934423
ISBN-10: 0571934420
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Publisher: Faber & Faber
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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Helpful Score: 3
What a splendidly written story: I loved every line. Ten times better than the movie. And only in 19th century Australia could such a story of misfits take place, one an heiress and one an Anglican minister who places his bets with divine guidance. How can a story be so well-grounded and so crazy at the same time?
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A novel set in both England and Australia during victorian times depicts some most unusual characters and events

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