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Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
Subjects
Women botanists -- Fiction.
Painters -- Fiction.
Enlightenment -- Fiction.
Artists' spouses -- Fiction.
Industrial revolution -- Fiction.
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Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
Women botanists -- Fiction.
Painters -- Fiction.
Enlightenment -- Fiction.
Artists' spouses -- Fiction.
Industrial revolution -- Fiction.
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Das
wesen
der
dinge
und
der
liebe
[
German
] :
roman
/ Elizabeth Gilbert ; aus dem Englischen von Tanja Handels
und
Sabine Schwenk.
by
Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969-
Bloomsbury Berlin, 2013.
Call #:
FICTION GIL
Subjects
Women botanists -- Fiction.
Painters -- Fiction.
Enlightenment -- Fiction.
Artists' spouses -- Fiction.
Industrial revolution -- Fiction.
ISBN:
9783827011565 (hc)
3827011566 (hc)
Uniform title:
Signature of all things.
German
German
Alternate title:
Signature of all things [
German
] : a novel.
Translation of: The signature of all things.
Edition:
Für die deutsche Ausgabe
Description:
701 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Notes:
"Die Originalausgabe erschien 2013 unter dem Titel The Signature of All Things."--T.p. verso
Translation of: The signature of all things.
Text in
German
.
Translated from the English.
Summary:
"Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker - a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist - but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. Exquisitely researched and told at a galloping pace, "The Signature of All Things" soars across the globe - from London to Peru to Philadelphia to Tahiti to Amsterdam, and beyond. Along the way, the story is peopled with unforgettable characters: missionaries, abolitionists, adventurers, astronomers, sea captains, geniuses, and the quite mad. But most memorable of all, it is the story of Alma Whittaker, who - born in the Age of Enlightenment, but living well into the Industrial Revolution - bears witness to that extraordinary moment in human history when all the old assumptions about science, religion, commerce, and class were exploding into dangerous new ideas. Written in the bold, questing spirit of that singular time, Gilbert's wise, deep, and spellbinding tale is certain to capture the hearts and minds of readers."--Publisher.
"Alma Whittaker wird an einem perfekten Wintertag des Jahres 1800 in Philadelphia geboren. Dem jungen unabhängigen Mädchen fehlt es an nichts, auch nicht an Buldung.
Der
Aufbruch
der
Wissenschaft wird auch ihr Aufbruch in eine eigene Welt: dir
der
Pflanzen
und
Natur. Während ihr klarer Verstand sie zu einer brillanten Wissenschaftlerin macht, zeigt ihr die
Liebe
zu einem Mann, dass nicht alle Geheimnisse zu ergründen sind. "
Das
Wesen
der
Dinge
und
der
Liebe
" umkreist die erde, von London nach Peru, nach Philadelphia, nach Tahiti
und
Amsterdam. Die Entdeckungsreise einer ganz
und
gar ungewohnlichen Frau -
und
eine grobe Liebesgeschichte."--Back cover
Genre:
Historical fiction.
Family saga.
Epic fiction.
German
language materials.
English fiction -- Translations into
German
.
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