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The Thorn Birds

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An edition of The Thorn Birds (1977)

The Thorn Birds

First Avon printing

by and

  • ★★★ ★ 3.50 ·
  • 10 Ratings
  • 139 Want to read
  • 15 Currently reading
  • 21 Have read

The Thorn Birds is a 1977 best-selling novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough. Set primarily on Drogheda – a fictional sheep station in the Australian Outback named after Drogheda, Ireland – the story focuses on the Cleary family and spans the years 1915 to 1969.

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Avon
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English
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692

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Subjects
Fiction, Romance, Clergy, Catholic Church, Catholics, Clergy in fiction, Catholics in fiction, Catholic Church in fiction, Australia, fiction, Man-woman relationships, fiction, Accessible book, Protected DAISY, OverDrive, American Love stories, In library, Australian fiction, epic fiction, religious fiction, romantic fiction, love stories, Large type books, Fiction, sagas, Fiction, romance, historical, Catholic church, clergy, fiction, English fiction, Priests, American Romance fiction, Anglais (langue), Lectures et morceaux choisis, Roman américain, Chang pian xiao shuo, Clergy, fiction, Fiction, Families, Fiction, romance, historical, general", Readers, Romans, nouvelles, Clergé, Église catholique
People
Padraic Cleary, Fiona Cleary, the Clearys, Meggie Cleary, Ralph de Bricassart, Francis Cleary, Justine O'Neill, Mary Elizabeth Cleary Carson, Luke O'Neill, Dane O'Neill, Luddie Muller, Anne Mueller, Bob Cleary, Jack Cleary, Hughie Cleary, Stuart Cleary, Harold Cleary, James Cleary, Patrick Cleary, Rainer Moerling Hartheim, Vittorio di Contini-Verchese
Places
Australia, New Zealand, Rome, the Vatican, England, Greece, Drogheda, Outback, ao da li ya
Times
1915-1917, 1921-1969, xian dai

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The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
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The Thorn Birds
2003-06, Perfectbound
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The Thorn Birds
2002?, Paw Prints (Avon Books)
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The Thorn Birds
December 16, 1999, Longman
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Poyuschie v ternovnike
1999, AST
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Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
1986-09, Pierre Belfond
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The Thorn Birds
1978-06, Avon
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The Thorn Birds
1978-06, Avon
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The Thorn Birds
1977, Harper & Row
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Edition Notes

"First Avon Printing, June 1978."--T. p. verso.

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Series
Avon #35741
Copyright Date
1977

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Library of Congress
PR9619.3.M32 T5 1978,

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Format
Mass Market Paperback
Pagination
692 p. ;
Number of pages
692

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL17581832M
Internet Archive
thornbirds00mccu
ISBN 10
0380018179
ISBN 13
9780380018178
OCLC/WorldCat
13037292
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35237
Amazon ID (ASIN)
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43230831

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On December 8th, 1915, Meggie Cleary had her fourth birthday.
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