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| 008 | 130522s2013 nyua 000 1 eng | ||
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_aGilbert, Elizabeth, _d1969- _967227 |
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_aThe signature of all things / _cElizabeth Gilbert. |
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_aNew York: _bViking, _c2013. |
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_a501 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm. |
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| 505 | 0 | _aPrologue -- Part One. The tree of fevers -- Part Two. The plum of White Acre -- Part Three. The disturbance of messages -- Part Four. The consequence of missions -- Part Five. The curator of mosses. | |
| 520 | _a" A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed. In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker-a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction-into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist-but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, The Signature of All Things soars across the globe-from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who-born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution-bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert's wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers. "-- | ||
| 520 | _a"Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker--a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction--into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist--but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. he story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who--born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution--bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas"-- | ||
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_aWomen botanists _vFiction. _967228 |
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_aPainters _vFiction. _967229 |
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_aEnlightenment _vFiction. _967230 |
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_aIndustrial revolution _vFiction. _967231 |
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_aFICTION / Literary. _2bisacsh _960194 |
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_aFICTION / Historical. _2bisacsh _960193 |
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_aBiographischer Roman. _2gnd _967232 |
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_aAmerikanisches Englisch. _2gnd _967233 |
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_aHistorischer Roman. _2gnd _967234 |
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_aBotanikerin. _2gnd _967235 |
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_aEnlightenment. _2fast _967236 |
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_aIndustrial revolution. _2fast _967237 |
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_aPainters. _2fast _96339 |
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_aWomen botanists. _2fast _967238 |
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_aHistorical fiction. _2gsafd _943554 |
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_aFiction. _2fast _967239 |
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_uhttps://depts.washington.edu/hortlib/book/the-signature-of-all-things/ _yMiller Library review |
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