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The Cider House Rules

Average rating
4 out of 5
Based on 27,469 Ratings and 1,547 Reviews

Book Description
"AN OLD-FASHIONED, BIG-HEARTED NOVEL . . . with its epic yearning caught in the 19th century, somewhere between Trollope and Twain . . . The rich detail makes for vintage Irving."
--The Boston Sunday Globe

"The Cider House Rules is filled with people to love and to feel for. . . . The characters in John Irving's novel break all the rules, and yet they remain noble and free-spirited. Vict... More
Book Information
PublisherBallantine Books
BindingMass Market Paperback (36 editions)
Reading LevelUncategorized
# of Pages598
ISBN-100345387651
ISBN-13978-0345387653
Publication Date12/09/1993
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About John Irving (Author) : John Irving is a published author of children's books and young adult books. Some of the published credits of John Irving include The Cider House Rules (Unabridged), The World According to Garp (Unabr... more
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5/26/2010 Marsha Macalush said: One of the best books I have ever read. So disappointed when I saw the movie version, missed so many important/vital parts of the book.
tags: I read

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5/17/2008 Dorman Shindler said:
All of Irving's fiction remains, for me, some of the best in contemporary American literature. I picked this one, but I could easily have picked any one of his other titles, including THE WATER-METHOD MAN (easily his funniest novel ever, and a favorite), A SON OF THE CIRCUS (a structurally complica... more

tags: Inspired me

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8/31/2007 Elizabeth Bluemle tagged as: I Read

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