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Gerald Durrell

Born

in Jamshedpur, India

January 07, 1925

Died

January 30, 1995

Website

http://www.durrell.org/

Genre

Outdoors & Nature, Biographies & Memoirs, Science

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Gerald "Gerry" Malcolm Durrell was born in India in 1925. His elder siblings are Lawrence Durrell, Leslie Durrell, and Margaret Durrell. His family settled on Corfu when Gerald was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He relates these experiences in the trilogy beginning with My Family And Other Animals, and continuing with Birds, Beasts, And Relatives and The Garden Of The Gods. In his books he writes with wry humour and great perception about both the humans and the animals he meets.

On leaving Corfu he returned to England to work on the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper. His adventures there are told with characteristic energy in Beasts In My Belfry. A few years later, Gerald began organising his own animal-collec ...more

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Average rating: 4.18 · 126,215 ratings · 9,932 reviews · 225 distinct works • Similar authors

	My Family and Other Animals (Corfu Trilogy, #1) 4.17 avg rating — 63,022 ratings — published 1956 — 139 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Birds, Beasts and Relatives (Corfu Trilogy, #2) 4.33 avg rating — 10,863 ratings — published 1969 — 105 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Corfu Trilogy 4.47 avg rating — 6,819 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Garden of the Gods (Corfu Trilogy, #3) 4.35 avg rating — 6,860 ratings — published 1979 — 83 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Zoo in My Luggage 4.08 avg rating — 5,384 ratings — published 1960 — 65 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beasts in My Belfry by Gerald Durrell, Edward Mortelmans (Illustrator) 4.14 avg rating — 2,430 ratings — published 1970 — 41 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Rosy Is My Relative 4.12 avg rating — 2,356 ratings — published 1968 — 75 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Drunken Forest 4.19 avg rating — 2,074 ratings — published 1956 — 42 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Bafut Beagles 4.19 avg rating — 2,050 ratings — published 1954 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Whispering Land by Gerald Durrell, Ralph Thompson (Illustrator) 4.07 avg rating — 1,976 ratings — published 1961 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Corfu Trilogy (3 books)
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Quotes by Gerald Durrell (?)

“A house is not a home until it has a dog.”
― Gerald Durrell

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“I do wish you wouldn't argue with me when I'm knitting.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

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“I said I *liked* being half-educated; you were so much more *surprised* at everything when you were ignorant.”
― Gerald Durrell, My Family and Other Animals

tags: discovery, learning, surprise, wonder

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Which nonfiction work would you like to read with the group during December 2018 and January 2019? Please vote here.

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

53 votes, 37.1%

Always Looking Up: The Adventures of an Incurable Optimist by Michael J. Fox

28 votes, 19.6%

My Family and Other Animals by Gerald Durrell

23 votes, 16.1%

Origin Story: A Big History of Everything by David Christian

14 votes, 9.8%

Rin Tin Tin: The Life and the Legend by Susan Orlean

14 votes, 9.8%

The Physics of Everyday Things: The Extraordinary Science Behind an Ordinary Day by James Kakalios

11 votes, 7.7%

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