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Still extremely gripping!

A gripping, epic, muti-generational tale of colonisation and the destruction of mighty, previously unspoiled and life-nurturing forests.

I'm actually listening, and only to Of Human Bondage, but that didn't appear on its own on GR.
Very enjoyable coming-of-age novel, autobiographical, with a few changes of detail. Excellent style and tone. I really enjoyed Cakes and Ale, another semi autobiographical work by him, and this 25 hour listen is very engaging so far.

I'm very enthused and excited about reading this book!!

Listening on Audible - living up to the recommendations so far - very clever and enjoyable!

Despite needing to look up stuff about mid 17thc politics and religious issues from time to time I absolutely love this book and can't put it down!! Great recommendation from Anna Palmer 🥰

Enjoying it a lot so far, and I love the lengthy subtitle that has popped up here when I entered this book in my list! The novel takes up, more or less, from the first one I read in the Rougon-Macquart saga, so it's interesting to see who is related to who and what provincial backbiting and one upmanship they're all playing at.

Looking forward to this as recommended by 2 friends. I have already smiled at Newton writing that Euclid's geometry is 'so easy to understand that (he) wondered how anybody would amuse themselves to write any demonstrations of them'. It's a sort of detective story, which I love, and deals with 'crime, science, logic, obsession and revenge.' Great!!