Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Picture 1 of 1
Stock photo
Signature of All Things : A Novel by Not Available (2014, Trade Paperback)
cyclebook (631)
98.3% positive feedback
Price:
US $6.89
ApproximatelyAU $10.63
+ $17.82 postage
Returns:
30-day returns. Buyer pays for return postage. If you use an eBay postage label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Condition:
Spend Less, Read More.
- Buy It NowThe Signature of All Things: A Novel
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Publishing Group
ISBN-100143125842
ISBN-139780143125846
eBay Product ID (ePID)202511019
Product Key Features
Book TitleSignature of All Things : a Novel
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicContemporary Women, Family Life, Literary, Historical
Publication Year2014
GenreFiction
AuthorNot Available
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height1.1 in
Item Weight14.8 Oz
Item Length8.3 in
Item Width5.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
Reviews"A rip-roaring tale... unlike anything Gilbert has ever written... Its prose has the elegant sheen of a nineteenth-century epic, but its concerns... are essentially modern." -- The New York Times Magazine "With this novel about a young, nineteenth-century Philadelphia woman who becomes a world-renowned botanist, Gilbert shows herself to be a writer at the height of her powers." -- O, The Oprah Magazine, " Our Favorite Reads of the Year" "The most ambitious and purely imaginative work in Gilbert's twenty-year career." -- The Wall Street Journal "Like Victor Hugo or Emile Zola, Gilbert captures something important about the wider world in The Signature of All Things : a pivotal moment in history when progress defined us in concrete ways." -- The Washington Post " A masterly tale of overflowing sensual and scientific enthusiasms in the nineteenth century." -- Time, "Top Ten Fiction Books of the Year" "Raucously ingenious... a novel of brave and lovely ideas... I found unshackled joy on every page." -- The Chicago Tribune "Alma's extraordinary life unspools like a Jane Austen novel... Here Gilbert claims her rightful spot as one of the twenty-first century's best American writers." -- Outside "Gilbert writes so wonderfully it's impossible not to swoon... Alma's drive for personal epiphany feels absolutely contemporary." -- The Boston Globe "A beautifully written, grandly expansive historical novel... Gilbert's writing is so smart and richly drawn that it does what all the best books do: it sweeps you up." --Entertainment Weekly "Dazzling... a big-hearted, sweeping, unforgettable novel... If you don't think science or historical fiction can be bright, funny, and engaging, this novel will quickly prove you wrong." -- The Miami Herald
TitleLeadingThe
Grade FromTwelfth Grade
SynopsisA glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat Pray Love, Big Magic, and City of Girls In The Signature of All Things, Elizabeth Gilbert returns to fiction, inserting her inimitable voice into an enthralling story of love, adventure and discovery. 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.
All listings for this product
![The Signature of All Things: A Novel [Paperback] Gilbert, Elizabeth](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/dOsAAOSw3ANg5odv/s-l225.jpg)
Ratings and reviews
Most relevant reviews
- 20 Apr, 2018
One of the best fiction novels of this century
This book is exquisitely written. A entertaining and unusual subject. This book is set in early to mid 1800s, a period of time that we don't know a lot about, but the writer beautifully colors it in from a botanical and love story perspective. This book is filled with incredible descriptions and made me ask myself several times how did Ms. Gilbert think of that? It will leave you thinking about the book even when you are not reading it. It's great, your gonna love it, read it, you will not be dissapointed.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 10 Jul, 2019
The Signature of all things...indelibly etched the reader's psyche...
A fabulous, insightful novel....The mental imagery of people, time and places will last a lifetime!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 05 Feb, 2017
Great book, fasinating life depicted.
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
![NKJV Gift and Award Bible Red Letter Edition [White] by Thomas Nelson (2018, Trade Paperback)](https://i.ebayimg.com/thumbs/images/g/mT0AAOSwDmBY5NqN/s-l225.jpg)
![NKJV Gift And Award Bible Red Letter Edition [White]: Holy Bible, New King James](https://i.ebayimg.com/images/g/2hYAAeSwO3looC9-/s-l225.jpg)
