Colleen McCullough
Hardcover | Pages: 189 pages Rating: 3.69 | 3840 Users | 424 Reviews
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| Original Title: | The Ladies of Missalonghi |
| ISBN: | 0060157399 (ISBN13: 9780060157395) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Characters: | Una, Alicia Marshall, Lavinia (Augusta's daughter), John Smith (Colleen McCullough), Augusta, Buttercup, Antonia Wyndham, Wallace, Portia (McCullough), Marcia, Ted Marshall, Richard Hacket, Drusilla Hurlingford Wright, Octavia Hurlingford, Denys Hurlingford, Missy Wright, Maxwell Hurlingford, Livilla Hurlingford, Sir William Hurlingford, Aurelia Hurlingford Marshall, Thomas Hurlingford, Walter Hurlingford, Herbert Hurlingford, Septimus Hurlingford, Julia Hurlingford, Roger Hurlingford Witherspoon, Percival Hurlingford, Nikos Theodoropoulos, Eustace Wright, Old Man Wright, Montgomery Massey, Edmund Marshall, Randolph Marshall, Cornelia, William Hurlingford, Lady Billy, James Hurlingford, Dr. Neville Hurlingford, Mrs. Neville Hurlingford, Sir William Hurlingford the Third, Junia, Malcolm Hurlingford, Dr. George Parkinson, Anastasia Gilroy, Frank Pellagrino, Reverend Dr. Cecil Hurlingford, Mrs. Cecil Hurlingford, Quintus Hurlingford, Marcus Hurlingford |
| Setting: | Missalonghi, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) …more Katoomba, New South Wales(Australia) Jamieson Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) Grose Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) Megalong Valley, Blue Mountains, New South Wales(Australia) Caroline Lamb Place, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Central Station, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Gordon Road, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) George Street, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Hurlingford Hotel, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Mon Repos, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Noel Street, Byron, New South Wales(Australia) Nepean-Hawkesbury, New South Wales(Australia) Balmoral Beach, Mosman, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Castlereagh Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Bridge Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Hotel Metropole, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Katoomba Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Macquarie Street, Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) Sydney, New South Wales(Australia) …less |
Commentary In Favor Of Books The Ladies of Missalonghi
Sometimes fairy tales can come true--even for plain, shy spinsters like Missy Wright. Neither as pretty as cousin Alicia nor as domineering as mother Drusilla, she seems doomed to a quiet life of near poverty at Missalonghi, her family's pitifully small homestead in Australia's Blue Mountains. But it's a brand new century--the twentieth--a time for new thoughts and bold new actions. And Missy Wright is about to set every self-righteous tongue in the town of Byron wagging. Because she has just set her sights on a mysterious, mistrusted, and unsuspecting stranger... who just might be Prince Charming in disguise.
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| Title | : | The Ladies of Missalonghi |
| Author | : | Colleen McCullough |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 189 pages |
| Published | : | May 1st 1987 by HarperCollins Publishers (first published 1987) |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Romance. Cultural. Australia. Historical Romance |
Rating Based On Books The Ladies of Missalonghi
Ratings: 3.69 From 3840 Users | 424 ReviewsComment On Based On Books The Ladies of Missalonghi
This is a long time favorite of mine. The courage of the Ladies in the face of grinding poverty is beautiful. Some have noted the similarities between this story and the Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery. There are things they have in common but each story is unique also. There is a ghost in this story and not in the other. This ghost is a major part of the story. No I wont tell you who, or how the ghost affects the story.. Read it for your self it is worth your time to do so:) 5*****Shortly after The Ladies of Missalonghi was published the author was criticized for plagiarizing the book from one published nearer the turn of the last century, The Blue Castle by L. M. Montgomery, of Anne of Green Gables Fame. I have not read the latter book and cannot comment further on the allegation. McCullough claimed the book may have been a distant but forgotten memory. Reading the description of The Blue Castle in Wikipedia, I am not convinced that plagiarism is a completely valid
A friend recommended this to me. It's a very sweet book with a satisfying ending and I am glad I've read it. It hasn't converted me to liking the way Colleen McCullough writes though. Nothing wrong with her style but it just isn't for me; I can't even put my finger on why.The female descendants of one 19th C British migrant to Australia are now living in straightened circumstances all the family money having been left to male descendants. How this inequity is righted makes a short and pleasant
cover:Who was John Smith? What was the mystery surrounding his past? Why did he elect to live alone in the bush and listen to the silence? These were the questions the outraged members of the Hurlingford clan asked when John Smith came to town and stole the valley out from under their self-important noses. He would have to go! said the third Sir William. What was all the fuss about? asked Alicia the clan belle, too busy planning her wedding to appreciate the ominous rumblings of change that
Thirty-three-year-old Missy lives with her impoverished widowed mother and crippled aunt on the edge of the town of Byron. The town was founded by Missy's great-grandfather Hurlingford, and their system of inheritance favors the males in the family. Missy is considered a plain spinster always dressed in drab brown dresses. Then a new librarian introduces her to romantic novels, and Missy longs for romance and a more exciting life. When handsome John Smith buys property nearby, Missy thinks he
This is NOT AT ALL my type of book. And most of you will know Colleen McCullough for her book, The Thorn Birds. This book, I think is unlike most of her books which are very long and very saga drama like. This is a very simple story. Old fashioned. And lovely. I think the main character actually "swoons" at some point in the book and I just found it to be completely endearing. It deserves all five stars. The owner of the used bookstore I frequent and have for years actually recommended this book
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