Oscar and Lucinda
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Oscar and Lucinda

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE

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eBook - ePub

Oscar and Lucinda

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE

About this book

'A novel of extraordinary richness'
'Remarkable . . . irresistible'

Oscar Hopkins is an Oxford seminarian with a passion for gambling. Lucinda Leplastrier is a Sydney heiress with a fascination for glass. The year is 1864. When they meet on the boat to Australia their lives will be forever changed . . .

Daring, rich, intense and bizarre, Peter Carey's Booker prize-winning novel is a brilliant achievement - a moving love story and a historical tour de force that is also powerfully contemporary.

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Information

Publisher
Faber & Faber
eBook ISBN
9780571267132
Year
2010

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. 1 The Church
  6. 2 The Advent Wreath
  7. 3 Christmas Pudding
  8. 4 After Pudding
  9. 5 A Prayer
  10. 6 The Anglican Church
  11. 7 Stethoscope
  12. 8 Pagan Signs
  13. 9 Throwing Lots
  14. 10 False Instruction
  15. 11 Apostasy
  16. 12 To Serve and to Rule
  17. 13 Raisins
  18. 14 Trials
  19. 15 The Vicarage Kitchen
  20. 16 Job and Judas
  21. 17 Scuffed Boots
  22. 18 The Thirty-nine Articles
  23. 19 Christian Stories
  24. 20 Palm Sunday in New South Wales
  25. 21 Lucinda
  26. 22 ElizabethĀ 
  27. 23 A Square Peg
  28. 24 Mr Ahearnā€™s Letter to the Parramatta Argus
  29. 25 Mrs Cousins
  30. 26 Bloomers
  31. 27 The Odd Bod
  32. 28 Store up Treasures for a Future Day
  33. 29 Epsom Downs
  34. 30 Covetousness
  35. 31 Ascension Day
  36. 32 Prince Rupertā€™s Drops
  37. 33 Glassworks
  38. 34 After Whitsunday
  39. 35 A Betting Ticket
  40. 36 Une Petite Amie
  41. 37 A Game of Cards
  42. 38 A Duck to Water
  43. 39 Personal Effects
  44. 40 Not in Love
  45. 41 If He Ask a Fish, Will He Give Him a Serpent?
  46. 42 Called
  47. 43 LeviathanĀ 
  48. 44 A Bishopā€™s Son-in-LawĀ 
  49. 45 Hymns
  50. 46 In a Trice
  51. 47 Babylon
  52. 48 Who can open the Doors of his Face?
  53. 49 The System
  54. 50 Pachinko
  55. 51 Mr Borrodaile and Mr Smith
  56. 52 Montaigne
  57. 53 Phosphorescence (1)
  58. 54 Phosphorescence (2)
  59. 55 Jealousy
  60. 56 Lure
  61. 57 Confession
  62. 58 Reputation
  63. 59 Thou Rulest the Raging of the Sea
  64. 60 Cape Town to Pinchgut
  65. 61 A Business Principle
  66. 62 Home
  67. 63 Longnose Point
  68. 64 The Multitude of Thy Sorceries
  69. 65 Bishop Dancerā€™s Ferret
  70. 66 St Johnā€™s
  71. 67 The Messiah
  72. 68 Serious Damage
  73. 69 The Tablecloth
  74. 70 The Good Samaritan
  75. 71 The Strattonsā€™ Wager
  76. 72 Mrs Smith
  77. 73 Judge Not
  78. 74 A Degree from Oxford
  79. 75 Heads or Tails
  80. 76 Mr Smudge
  81. 77 Happiness
  82. 78 Ceremony
  83. 79 Pot and Kettle
  84. 80 The Private Softness of Her Skin
  85. 81 Promenade
  86. 82 Oscar in Love
  87. 83 Orphans
  88. 84 The Weeks before Christma
  89. 85 A Prayer
  90. 86 Christmas Day
  91. 87 Gratitude
  92. 88 A Lecture Based upon a Parable
  93. 89 Of the Devil
  94. 90 A Reconciliation
  95. 91 A Man of Authority
  96. 92 The Lord is My Shepherd
  97. 93 Doggerel
  98. 94 Mr Smith
  99. 95 Arrival of Wardley-Fish (1)
  100. 96 Arrival of Wardley-Fish (2)
  101. 97 Laudanum
  102. 98 An Explorer
  103. 99 An Old Blackfellow
  104. 100 Glass Cuts
  105. 101 Oscar at Bellingen Heads
  106. 102 A Christian Man
  107. 103 Did I not Murder?
  108. 104 Mary Magdalene
  109. 105 Miriam
  110. 106 The Aisle of a Cathedral
  111. 107 Arrival of Anglican Church at Boat Harbour
  112. 108 Oscar and Miriam
  113. 109 A Cheque Amidst Her Petticoats
  114. 110 Songs About Thistles
  115. 111 A Song for Oscar
  116. Glossary
  117. About the Author
  118. By the Same Author
  119. Copyright