The Great Fire by Shirley Hazzard

The Great Fire

Shirley Hazzard with Virginia Leishman (Narrator)

11 hours, 7 minutes first pub 2003 (view editions) user-added

fiction historical emotional reflective slow-paced
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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 after...

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Community Reviews

3.31
based on 479 reviews

Moods

reflective: 77%

emotional: 68%

challenging: 40%

sad: 36%

hopeful: 18%

adventurous: 13%

dark: 11%

tense: 4%

informative: 2%


Pace

2% of readers chose fast
20% of readers chose medium
77% of readers chose slow
fast
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

24% of readers chose A mix
73% of readers chose Character
2% of readers chose N/A
A mix
Character
N/A

Strong character development?

47% of readers chose Yes
32% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

27% of readers chose Yes
33% of readers chose Complicated
38% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

24% of readers chose Yes
6% of readers chose Complicated
66% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

Flaws of characters a main focus?

32% of readers chose Yes
35% of readers chose Complicated
29% of readers chose No
3% of readers chose N/A
Yes
Complicated
No
N/A

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