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Analysis. The Thornhill family lives near the river in London in cramped quarters. The streets are only wide enough for one person in places, and everything is dirty. The church steeples are the tallest things, and there's one around every corner. William remembers his life beginning at Christ Church by the river.
Sal Thornhill Character Analysis. Next. Smasher. Sal is Thornhill's wife. They meet as children through Thornhill's sister Lizzie. Sal's parents spoil her because she's an only child, though she's haunted by her brothers and sisters that died not long after their birth.
1 dic 2007 · The Secret River. Kate Grenville. Open Road + Grove/Atlantic, Dec 1, 2007 - Fiction - 358 pages. This Man Booker Award Finalist and Commonwealth Prize-winner is an “unforgettable” tale of crime and survival in colonial Australia (Chicago Tribune). In 1806 William Thornhill, an illiterate English bargeman and a man of quick temper but deep ...
20 nov 2008 · The Secret River. Kate Grenville. Canongate Books, Nov 20, 2008 - Fiction - 352 pages. *NEW NOVEL RESTLESS DOLLY MAUNDER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WOMEN’S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2024* FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-SHORTLISTED AND WOMEN’S PRIZE-WINNING AUSTRALIAN NOVELIST London, 1806. William Thornhill, happily wedded to his childhood sweetheart Sal, is a ...
21 June 2015. ( 2015-06-21) The Secret River is an Australian television drama screened on ABC in June 2015. This two-part miniseries is based on the novel of the same name written by Kate Grenville. It follows the story of young couple, William and Sal Thornhill, who are transported to the new colony of New South Wales in 1805, giving a look ...
Whisker Harry Character Analysis. Whisker Harry is the name Sal and Thornhill give to the old Aboriginal man who lives on and around Thornhill Point. When they first meet, Thornhill slaps Harry on the chest and tells him "no," like a child. Later, when Thornhill watches Harry dancing in the native camp one night, he realizes that Harry is an ...
The Secret River Summary. Next. Strangers. The novel begins on a man named Thornhill's first night in New South Wales. He wakes up and steps outside his hut, where an Aborigine man confronts him. They yell at each other, and Thornhill goes back to bed scared. The novel then jumps back in time to Thornhill's birth in 1777 to a very poor family.
