The Great Fortune by Olivia Manning

The Great Fortune

Balkan Trilogy #1

Olivia Manning

288 pages first pub 1960 (editions) user-added

fiction historical informative reflective slow-paced
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Description

Guy and Harriet Pringle, newly married, arrive in Bucharest in the autumn of 1939. The city they find is one of contrasts and rumours, on the edge with wavering loyalties and the tension of war, peopled with an international cast of characters, in...

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Community Reviews

3.74
based on 188 reviews

Moods

reflective: 68%

emotional: 42%

informative: 42%

sad: 31%

adventurous: 26%

funny: 26%

tense: 21%

dark: 15%

challenging: 10%

lighthearted: 10%

hopeful: 5%

inspiring: 5%

mysterious: 5%


Pace

61% of readers chose medium
38% of readers chose slow
medium
slow

Plot or character driven?

11% of readers chose Plot
52% of readers chose A mix
35% of readers chose Character
Plot
A mix
Character

Strong character development?

58% of readers chose Yes
29% of readers chose Complicated
11% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Loveable characters?

50% of readers chose Yes
28% of readers chose Complicated
21% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Diverse cast of characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
13% of readers chose Complicated
26% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

Flaws of characters a main focus?

68% of readers chose Yes
18% of readers chose Complicated
12% of readers chose No
Yes
Complicated
No

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