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    <body><![CDATA[Some books get into your senses.  They fill your nose with the scent of a people, the lick of the sun on bare skin, the brazen gossip of silk sheets, or engulfs you with a composition of shadows that hints at something beyond line of sight.  <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/search/search?q= M.M. Kaye" title=" M.M. Kaye"> M.M. Kaye</a> is a storyteller that makes you taste India.  S...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/6310377">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't believe I waited 25+ years to read this again! Oh well, the first copy I had I loaned out and never got back. I would give this 10 stars if I could, I had forgotten how good this book was. Thank you Amazon, for recommending books and Listmania -- so many wonderful books I would never have fo...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/30700441">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Reading this book was quite possibly the only good thing that happened to me in the year 1995.  I've since re-read it in its entireity another four or five times, and skimmed through it and picked out my favorite passages at least a dozen times.  It's a beautiful &quot;sweeping epic&quot; set in Bri...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1344115">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[We all remember certain sweeping novels we hated to see come to an end; it was almost like breaking up with someone we love. You will feel that way about _The Far Pavillions_. From the foothills of the Himalayas, through the palaces of the exotic East, this novel is a passionate and triumphant story that excites us, fill us with joy, moves us to tears, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel. It is a mesmerizing story of hatred and bitter combat; of courage, and human sacrifice, of the star-crossed wedding of East and West. Above all it is a tale of love. The story of Ash, an Englishman, and Juli, a princess who must choose between the heritage of her people and the man she loves. It is a story that transcends time and place, a monumental epic we will never forget.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the best epic novel I ever read.  It's an historical adventure/romance that takes place in colonial India.  The book starts out when the protagonist, a young English boy named Ash is orphaned because of a cholera outbreak.  He is then raised by an Indian nursemaid. Later as a young man he fa...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2184525">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is not a book you want to start reading if you will not have lots of time to dedicate to it.  My paperback is 995 pages and I took it with me to read on the plane on a trip to Europe.<br/><br/>While the book is fiction, it does provide an interesting glimpse into what life was like in India a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19846035">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved it - the made for television movie cut out so much of the beginning it was awful.<br/>I loaned this and a picture book to go with it to a co-worker years ago - and still regret that.<br/>I actually MIGHT want to read this again.<br/>Great characters, great sweep of country, history, epic ...]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I just saw this book at a library sale and remembered reading it many years ago.  How could I have forgotten?  I adored the story of the lovers, &quot;Ash&quot; and Anjuli, and I think this was one of my first exposures to the history of India during the 19th century.  Although fiction, Kaye gives a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/54665601">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I loved this one... it is exciting and frustrating and fun and insightful....  i could go on and on.  I always look for it in used book stores because it's out of print I think...  so I own 3 copies now!  But i felt like I just loved this book so much.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Probably my all-time favorite book...epic (is the word). ]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Sweeping historical novel about 19th century India under the unsteady control of the British. Its main character is Ash, a boy who is raised in an Indian family but is (unbeknownst to him, for a time) British. The novel has great depth... dozens of characters, beautiful descriptive writing, several ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76772442">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This book is written by a British lady who spent most of her life in India - at over 900 pages long it's her life's opus (I believe she was in her 70s when it was published), which is part of why it took me forever.  However, I actually read the first 600 or so pages pretty quickly - I was intereste...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63670097">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I feel really conflicted about not finishing this. I've been reading this for over a year, and I made it all the way to page 950 (out of 1,100+) and I have decided it's just time to let it go. It felt like the author was trying to write two books here instead of just one, and it doesn't necessarily ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/46731091">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is one of my favourite books. I can remember my mother reading it and being fascinated by it. <br/><br/><br/>Although there is a romance that is central to the story, at times the romance is secondary to the story that Kaye is telling about India during the nineteenth century. At times the r...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/41252507">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Okay I have a confession to make. I didn't really read the whole book. I read the first 700 pages and then skimmed the rest. I liked the book. The first part was really good. Well written, fun story, full of intersting facts. The problem? It was way too long There are some books that I have no probl...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/23983656">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[&lt;div&gt;When <em>The Far Pavilions</em> was first published nineteen years ago, it moved the critic Edmund Fuller to write this: &quot;Were Miss Kaye to produce no other book, The Far Pavilions might stand as a lasting accomplishment in a single work comparable to Margaret Mitchell's achievement in Gond With the Wind.&quot; <br/><br/>From its beginning in the foothills of the towering Himalayas, M.M. Kaye's masterwork is a vast, rich and vibrant tapestry of love and war that ranks with the greatest panoramic sagas of modern fiction.<br/><br/><em>The Far Pavilions i</em>s itself a Himalayan achievement, a book we hate to see come to an end.  it is a passionate, triumphant story that excites us, fills us with joy, move us to tears, satisfies us deeply, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel.<br/>&lt;/div&gt;]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Still haven't managed to finish this book more than a month after beginning. Perhaps unfairly, a fluffy vampire romance has turned my head for many weeks now. I do intend to finish, though even before the dreamy vampire came around I was having difficulty staying involved. After Ash rescued Juli and...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/22694726">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[We all remember certain sweeping novels we hated to see come to an end; it was almost like breaking up with someone we love. You will feel that way about _The Far Pavillions_. From the foothills of the Himalayas, through the palaces of the exotic East, this novel is a passionate and triumphant story that excites us, fill us with joy, moves us to tears, and helps us remember just what it is we want most from a novel. It is a mesmerizing story of hatred and bitter combat; of courage, and human sacrifice, of the star-crossed wedding of East and West. Above all it is a tale of love. The story of Ash, an Englishman, and Juli, a princess who must choose between the heritage of her people and the man she loves. It is a story that transcends time and place, a monumental epic we will never forget.]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Just blaze through the first 50 dry pages to get to a lovely story filled with vivid detail--I had to keep reminding myself that it was fiction! The following quotes might give away who lives but no other plot lines.<br/><br/>pg. 550 &quot;But it is because I speak with a knowledge that was gained...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/19292613">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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