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The Corfu Trilogy
My Family and Other Animals; Birds, Beasts and Relatives; and The Garden of the Gods
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eBook - ePub
The Corfu Trilogy
My Family and Other Animals; Birds, Beasts and Relatives; and The Garden of the Gods
About this book
National Bestseller: The complete trilogy that inspired Masterpiece production
The Durrells in Corfu in one volume.
The tales of a naturalist and his family, who left England for the Greek island of Corfuāwhere they interacted with fascinating locals of both human and animal varietiesāthese memoirs have become beloved bestsellers and inspired the delightful series that aired on PBS television.
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Included in this three-book collection are:
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My Family and Other Animals: Ten-year-old Gerald Durrell arrives on sun-drenched Corfu with this family and pursues his interest in natural history, making friends with the island's faunaāfrom toads and tortoises to scorpions and geckosāwhile reveling in the joyous chaos of growing up in an unconventional household.
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Birds, Beasts and Relatives: Written after a boyhood spent studying zoology, this memoir is part nature guide, part coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir.
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The Garden of the Gods: In the conclusion of the trilogy, Durrell shares more tales of wild animals and his even wilder family, including his mother, Louisa, and his siblings Lawrence, Leslie, and Margo, in the years before World War II.
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"[Durrell's] books have an unfailing charm. .Ā .Ā . It is a tribute to his skill that one never tires of his accounts" ( Chicago Tribune).
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This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author's estate.
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The tales of a naturalist and his family, who left England for the Greek island of Corfuāwhere they interacted with fascinating locals of both human and animal varietiesāthese memoirs have become beloved bestsellers and inspired the delightful series that aired on PBS television.
Ā
Included in this three-book collection are:
Ā
My Family and Other Animals: Ten-year-old Gerald Durrell arrives on sun-drenched Corfu with this family and pursues his interest in natural history, making friends with the island's faunaāfrom toads and tortoises to scorpions and geckosāwhile reveling in the joyous chaos of growing up in an unconventional household.
Ā
Birds, Beasts and Relatives: Written after a boyhood spent studying zoology, this memoir is part nature guide, part coming-of-age tale, and all charmingly funny memoir.
Ā
The Garden of the Gods: In the conclusion of the trilogy, Durrell shares more tales of wild animals and his even wilder family, including his mother, Louisa, and his siblings Lawrence, Leslie, and Margo, in the years before World War II.
Ā
"[Durrell's] books have an unfailing charm. .Ā .Ā . It is a tribute to his skill that one never tires of his accounts" ( Chicago Tribune).
Ā
This ebook features an illustrated biography of Gerald Durrell including rare photos from the author's estate.
Ā
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Table of contents
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Contents
- My Family and Other Animals
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Epigraph
- The Speech for the Defence
- Part One
- Part Two
- Part Three
- Birds, Beasts and Relatives
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Conversation
- Part One: Perama
- Part Two: Kontokali
- Part Three: Criseda
- Epilogue
- The Garden of the Gods
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- 1 Dogs, Dormice, and Disorder
- 2 Ghosts and Spiders
- 3 The Garden of the Gods
- 4 The Elements of Spring
- 5 Fakirs and Fiestas
- 6 The Royal Occasion
- 7 The Paths of Love
- 8 The Merriment of Friendship
- A Biography of Gerald Durrell
- A Message from Durrell Wildlife
- Copyright Page