The Cider House Rules
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"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
--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
Publisher | Ballantine Books |
Binding | Mass Market Paperback (36 editions) |
Reading Level | Uncategorized |
# of Pages | 598 |
ISBN-10 | 0345387651 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0345387653 |
Publication Date | 12/09/1993 |
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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.
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10/7/2009 Sharon Koontz said: 554641
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5/17/2008 Dorman Shindler said:
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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
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