The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
"The Thorn Birds" is a sweeping family saga that spans three generations of the Cleary family, set against the backdrop of the Australian outback. It focuses on the forbidden love between the beautiful Meggie Cleary and the family's priest, Father Ralph de Bricassart. The novel explores themes of love, religion, and ambition, as Meggie and Ralph struggle with their feelings for each other and the choices they must make.
The 467th greatest book of all time
- Published
- 1977
- Nationality
- Australian
- Type
- Fiction
- Pages
- 500-700
- Words
- 197,000
- Original Language
- English
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This book is on the following lists:
- 27th on Big Read (Bulgarian) (Bulgaria)
- 64th on The Big Read (BBC)
- 85th on The 100 Favorite Novels of Librarians (Bookman.com)
- 86th on Koen Book Distributors Top 100 Books of the Past Century (themodernnovel.com)
- 90th on My Favourite Book - Australian Big Read (Australian Big Read)
- 363rd on The Complete 500: OCLC (OCLC)
- 925th on Our Users' Favorite Books of All Time (The Greatest Books Users)
- Världsbiblioteket (The World Library) (Tidningen Boken)