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Original Title:	The Signature of All Things
ISBN:	0670024856 (ISBN13: 9780670024858)
Edition Language:	English
Literary Awards:	Wellcome Book Prize Nominee for Shortlist (2014), Women's Prize for Fiction Nominee for Longlist (2014), Andrew Carnegie Medal Nominee for Fiction (2014), Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Historical Fiction (2013)

The Signature of All Things

Elizabeth Gilbert

Hardcover | Pages: 501 pages

Rating: 3.84 | 88532 Users | 11139 Reviews

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Title	:	The Signature of All Things
Author	:	Elizabeth Gilbert
Book Format	:	Hardcover
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 501 pages
Published	:	October 1st 2013 by Riverhead Books
Categories	:	Fiction. Historical. Historical Fiction. Audiobook

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A glorious, sweeping novel of desire, ambition, and the thirst for knowledge, from the # 1 New York Times bestselling author of Eat, Pray, Love and Committed.

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.

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I'm on page 120 of 512 of The Signature of All Things:I was sceptical. Eat Pray Love was so indulgent and I have as little interest in botany as I do in Indian ashrams. Surprisingly however The signature of All things has so far been delightful.19/10/13 I have to revise my initial glowing review. Although The Signature of all Things started with much promise, it descended into a pit of humdrum with no view of escape.I cannot fault Gilbert's writing. Without a doubt she's a gifted & lyrical

Disappointing after reading so many glowing reviews. The book started very strong and probably would have been a lot more interesting if we'd kept just following Henry. His daughter,Alma, is an ok character. I didn't dislike her. It was more that I felt detached and didn't really care. And, while I read plenty of romance novels, I was actually disappointed when Alma's sexuality became such a big deal in the book. Maybe it's how it was introduced, or even just the wording. I was really put off by

"If ever a book were doomed to birth in a suffocating caul of expectations, this is it (a fact Gilbert has addressed gracefully in a popular Ted Talk). Author of the No. 1 New York Times best seller Eat, Pray, Love appears prominently on the front cover, and, compounding the expectations, the books publicity proclaims it a neo-19th-century work in style and substance. In fact, the prose is modern and accessible, leaning on plot rather than language to draw readers in. Gilbert has established

Simply fantastic!!!! My God... Why had I waited so long to read this?Geeee...I was hooked with the Prologue! Fascinating reading. There is so much to comment on...What first? The story itself...(19th Century): The life of Alma Whittaker?? Her talents? Intelligence? Her educational growth? Personal growth? Her passion for Botany?Or...Do I share about the rich, amusing and stimulating other characters ...including Alma's friends and adopted sister?Or do I share about the extraordinary-

Alma Whitaker was born in the first sentence of the book. Genetically she was predestined for her life, like we all are. But her life would be different, as in totally different than the norm, made possible by the two determined people who would structure her intellectual, social, emotional and historical journey through life, particularly the Golden Age of 19th Century Botanical Exploration. It was the period in history which ensured unimaginable wealth to the patrons of plants and medicines.

This novel has no right to be such an immersive bewitching page turner. Its nearly 600 pages long, its narrative force relies on a single character, a plain almost loveless woman whose passion is, of all things, mosses and, though its very well written, there probably isnt a single sentence of memorable virtuoso prose in the entire book. And yetElizabeth Gilbert doesnt possess the rarefied brilliance of Hilary Mantel as a prose stylist but The Signature of all Things shares lots of similarities

i didn't get the tedium as i listen to an audiobook whilst driving to and from work etc and it was very well done. i was quite a wreck of tears at the