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An edition of The Thorn Birds (1977)

The Thorn Birds

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Treasured by readers around the world, this is the sweeping saga of three generations of the Cleary family. Stoic matriarch Fee, her devoted husband, Paddy, and their headstrong daughter, Meggie, experience joy, sadness and magnificent triumph in the cruel Australian outback. With life’s unpredictability, it is love that is their unifying thread, but it is a love shadowed by the anguish of forbidden passions. For Meggie loves Father Ralph de Bricassart, a man who wields enormous power within the Catholic church…

As powerful, moving, and unforgettable as when it originally appeared, THE THORN BIRDS remains a novel to be read…and read again.
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HarperCollins Publishers
Language
English
Pages
743

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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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Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2005, HarperCollins Publishers
Paperback in English - printing (1)
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2003-06, Perfectbound
Electronic resource in English - 25th Anniversary Edition
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
2002?, Paw Prints (Avon Books)
library binding in English - First Avon Books paperback printing (86)
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
December 16, 1999, Longman
Paperback in English - New edition
Cover of: Poyuschie v ternovnike
Poyuschie v ternovnike
1999, AST
Hardcover
Cover of: Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
Les oiseaux se cachent pour mourir
1986-09, Pierre Belfond
Paperback in French
Cover of: The Thorn Birds
The Thorn Birds
1978-06, Avon
Mass Market Paperback in English - First Avon printing
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The Thorn Birds
1978-06, Avon
Mass Market Paperback in English - Twenty-fifth Avon printing
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The Thorn Birds
1977, Harper & Row
Hardcover in English - printing (4)

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Edition Notes

Originally published: USA : Harper & Row Publishers, Inc, 1977. ; Australia : Harpar & Row Publishers, Inc, 1978.

Published in
Sydney, Australia
Copyright Date
1977

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823.3
Library of Congress
PR9619.3.M32 M33 2005

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Pagination
743 pages
Number of pages
743

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL35352029M
Internet Archive
thornbirds0000mccu_q5b2
ISBN 10
0732282241
ISBN 13
9780732282240
OCLC/WorldCat
77168264
Goodreads
59748844

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