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23 de mar. de 2011 · Oscar plays the horses while at school, and Lucinda, now an orphaned heiress, finds comfort in a game of cards with an odd collection of acquaintances. When the two finally meet, on board a ship bound for New South Wales, they are bound by their affinity for risk, their loneliness, and their awkwardly blossoming (but unexpressed) mutual affection.
In a lengthy flashback, Oscar Hopkins's great grandson narrates the family history that led to his birth. Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) is a priest who gambles discreetly and donates his winnings to help the poor. Lucinda (Cate Blanchett) is an Australian businesswoman who boldly defies society's rules.
In mid-1800s England, Oscar is a young Anglican priest, a misfit and an outcast, but with the soul of an angel. As a boy, even though from a strict Pentecostal family, he felt God told him through a sign to leave his father and his faith and join the Church of England. Lucinda is a teen-aged Australian heiress who has an almost desperate desire ...
On an Australian farm, Lucinda Leplastrier was tutored by her intelligent mother, a woman who took part in the early feminist movement. Oscar's lonely boyhood in rural England was under the watchful eye of his preacher father. At Oxford to train as a minister, the adult Oscar (Ralph Fiennes) feels he doesn't fit in and develops a passion for gambling, giving his winnings away to the poor ...
Oscar (Fiennes) é um religioso que aposta discretamente e doa seus ganhos aos pobres. Lucinda (Blanchett) é uma mulher de negócios australiana que corajosamente desafia as regras da sociedade. Quando se encontram em um inocente jogo de cartas, suas vidas mudam para sempre.
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29 de fev. de 2024 · 2. Summary. “Oscar and Lucinda” is a novel written by Australian author Peter Carey, first published in 1988. Set in the 19th century, the story follows the lives of two eccentric and unconventional characters, Oscar Hopkins and Lucinda Leplastrier, whose paths intersect in a tale of love, ambition, and fate.
