Across three generations on a vast Australian sheep station, Meggie Cleary's lifelong, forbidden love for the ambitious priest Ralph de Bricassart shapes and scars the Cleary family from the outback to Rome.
Books mentioned in The Thorn Birds (7)
Clancy of the Overflow by A. B. Paterson: “"Clancy of the Overflow" was everyone's favorite... Verses from "Clancy of the Overflow" by A.B. Paterson reprinted by permission of the copyright proprietor and Angus and Robertson Publishers.”
The Man from Snowy River by A. B. Paterson: “Dennis out loud, thrilling to the ride of "The Man from Snowy River,"”
The Sentimental Bloke by C. J. Dennis: “or laughing with "The Sentimental Bloke" and his Doreen”
We of the Never-Never by Aeneas Gunn: “Aeneas Gunn's immortal We of the Never-Never.”
Dot and the Kangaroo by Ethel C. Pedley: “the books his children also adored: Dot and the Kangaroo, the Billabong series about Jim and Norah and Wally”
Lord Jim by Joseph Conrad: “Arthur first noticed her during a teaching period, when she was required to recite a passage from Conrad's Lord Jim using various accents.”
Laughing Mary by John O'Hara: “or wiping away surreptitious tears shed for John O'Hara's "Laughing Mary."”
Books that mention The Thorn Birds (2)
The White Album by Joan Didion: “the sale of The Thorn Birds to paper for one-million-nine.”
Words Are My Matter by Ursula K. Le Guin: “The New York Times obituary of Colleen McCullough, author of The Thorn Birds, included the same tasteful and relevant information.”