- Title:
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Oscar and Lucinda (MP3)
- Written by:
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Peter Carey
- Read by:
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Steven Crossley
- Format:
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Unabridged MP3 CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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2
- Duration:
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20 hours 30 minutes
- MP3 size:
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940 MB
- Published:
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February 28 2018
- Available Date:
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February 28 2018
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781489427182
- Genres:
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Fiction; Australian Fiction; Historical Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda audio
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Winner The Man Booker Prize 1988
Winner Miles Franklin Literary Award 1989
A moving and beautiful love story and a historical tour de force set in Victorian times.
Oscar Hopkins, the hydrophobic, noisy-kneed son of a preacher, renounces his father's stern religion in favour of the Anglican Church. Lucinda Leplastrier, a frizzy-haired heiress, impulsively buys a glass factory with the inheritance forced on her by a well-intentioned adviser.
When the two finally meet, on board a ship to New South Wales, Australia they are bound by their affinity for gambling and risk, their loneliness, and their awkwardly blossoming mutual affection. Love will prove to be their ultimate gamble.
'Very, very hard to put down ... Like the characters of Charles Dickens and Honore de Balzac, Mr Carey's creations are real in the simplest human sense.'
The Washington Times
'The most original and rewarding novel to appear in the English language for many years.'
The Financial Times
'As fine a love story and as fascinating an exploration as [anyone] could wish ... Carey writes as if the world he has created, and his own private life, are at stake.'
Chicago Tribune