My family and other animals

Gerald Durrell, 1925-1995

Book - 2004

When the unconventional Durrell family can no longer endure the damp, gray English climate, they do what any sensible family would do: sell their house and relocate to the sunny Greek isle of Corfu. My Family and Other Animals was intended to embrace the natural history of the island but ended up as a delightful account of Durrell's family's experiences, from the many eccentric hangers-on to the ceaseless procession of puppies, toads, scorpions, geckoes, ladybugs, glowworms, octopuses, bats, and butterflies into their home.

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Genres
Biographies
Autobiographies
Published
New York : Penguin Books 2004.
Language
English
Main Author
Gerald Durrell, 1925-1995 (-)
Physical Description
xiii, 273 p. ; 20 cm
ISBN
9780142004418
  • The Speech for the Defence
  • Part 1.
  • The Migration
  • 1. The Unsuspected Isle
  • 2. The Strawberry-Pink Villa
  • 3. The Rose-Beetle Man
  • 4. A Bushel of Learning
  • 5. A Treasure of Spiders
  • 6. The Sweet Spring
  • Conversation
  • Part 2.
  • 7. The Daffodil-Yellow Villa
  • 8. The Tortoise Hills
  • 9. The World in a Wall
  • 10. The Pageant of Fireflies
  • 11. The Enchanted Archipelago
  • 12. The Woodcock Winter
  • Conversation
  • Part 3.
  • 13. The Snow-White Villa
  • 14. The Talking Flowers
  • 15. The Cyclamen Woods
  • 16. The Lake of Lilies
  • 17. The Chessboard Fields
  • 18. An Entertainment with Animals
  • The Return