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Este o carte extraordinară, o recomand din tot sufletul și chiar dacă mi-a stors la un moment dat câteva lacrimi, am adorat-o de la prima până la ultima pagină! Un alt punct forte al cărții care merită menționat este descrierea plină de epitete și metafore care fac din roman unul extrem de melodios.

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Nancy H
Oct 02, 2019 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
This was an amazing story of a young English woman who married a tea planter from Ceylon and moved there to live with him on his tea plantation. There were many circumstances that affected their happiness - the sister-in-law who would not leave the plantation and exerted undue influence on the husband; an old girlfriend who doesn't want to let go; the natives just coming in to their own in terms of wanting independence from England and to not be slave-type labor any longer; devastating problems ...more
Lisa of Hopewell
May 26, 2016 rated it liked it
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Anna
Oct 04, 2015 marked it as to-read
Hege
Dec 10, 2015 rated it really liked it
Shelves: 2015
Suzanne
Feb 23, 2023 rated it liked it
Shelves: 1930s, 1920s
3.5 stars
Ruth
Sep 05, 2016 marked it as to-read
Kaley
Oct 18, 2016 marked it as to-read  ·  review of another edition
Tammy AZ
Oct 19, 2016 marked it as to-read
Shelves: owned, genre-hf
Jocelyn
Nov 06, 2016 marked it as to-read
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Nov 25, 2016 marked it as to-read
Bookchick
Nov 29, 2016 marked it as to-read
Dawn
Sep 19, 2020 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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Aug 14, 2024 marked it as to-read