The Thorn Birds
Multigenerational Australian outback saga
The Thorn Birds is a 1977 novel by Australian author Colleen McCullough, spanning three generations of a family in the Australian outback.
The story centers on a forbidden love between a Catholic priest and a young woman.
A popular 1983 television miniseries brought the saga to wider audiences.
The title alludes to a mythical bird that sings only once, impaling itself on a thorn to produce its most beautiful song.
- RalphMale given name
- priestOne who performs sacraments
- forbidden loveRomance society prohibits
- forbidden fruitEnticing thing that's prohibited
- AustraliaSouthern Hemisphere continent-country
Meggie · broken vows · Australian outback · outback · sheep · saga · ranch · passion · Catholic · Catholic Church · cardinal · sin · sweeping · epic · miniseries · romance · generational · station
- romance fictionlove stories, romance novel, romance novels, contemporary romance, romantic fiction
The Thorn Birdsnature documentary
Film about wild environments
Planet Earth · cinéma vérité · kitchen sink realism · documentary film · reality television
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