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Description edit
More than twenty years after the classic The Transit of Venus , Shirley Hazzard returns to fiction with a novel that in the words of Ann Patchett "is brilliant and dazzling..." The Great Fire is an extraordinary love story set in the immediate aftermath of the great conflagration of the... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Helen Driscoll: Benedict's sister - the Changeling
- Aldred Leith: Son of Oliver & Iris Leith
- Peter Exley: Add a description of this character.
- Driscoll
- Gardiner
- Rita Xavier
- Bertram Perowne: Former tutor of Benedict & Helen Driscoll
- Barbara
- Aurora Searle
- Brian Talbot
- Roy Rysom
- Benedict Driscoll: Brother to Helen
- Dench
- Hendriks
- Jason Searle: Good childhood friend of Aldred Leith & Son of Aurora Searle
- Mrs. Fry
- Brenda
- Dick Laister
- Raimonda
- Slater
- Audrey Fellowes
- Elinor
- Oliver Leith: Father of Aldred Leith; Husband of Iris Leith
- Thaddeus Hill
- Moira
- Pattie
- Da Silva
- Melba Driscoll: Mother of Benedict & Helen Driscoll
- Bertie
- Bates
- Giglio La
- Gerald
- Glazebrook
Setting & Locations edit
- Japan
- China
- Hong Kong
- London
- England
- Kure
- Britain
- Tokyo
- Florence
- New Zealand
- Shanghai
- Wellington
- Australia
- Yokohama
- Norfolk
- Hiroshima
- India
- Sydney
- Canton
- Europe
- Italy
- America
- Asia
- Charlotte
- Cairo
- Bengal
- Germany
- Mariposa
- France
- California
- Greece
- Kenya
- Auckland
- Pacific
- Russia
- Fairfax
- Paris
- Road
First Sentence edit
Now they were starting.
Authors & Contributors edit
- Shirley Hazzard (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: Add the language.
Publisher: Macmillan
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 288
Publisher: Macmillan
Country: Add the country of publication.
Publication Date: 2007
ISBN: Add the ISBN.
Page Count: 288
Awards edit
- Miles Franklin Literary Award (2004)
- National Book Award (2003: Fiction)
- Man Booker Prize (Finalist, 2004, Longlist)
- International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award (Finalist, 2005, Shortlist)
- Orange Prize for Fiction (Finalist, 2004)
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 823.914
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