My Family and Other Animals My Family and Other Animals

My Family and Other Animals

    • 4.2 • 77 Ratings
    • £10.99

Publisher Description

The book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell. The book is divided into three sections, marking the three villas in which the family lived on the island. Apart from Gerald (the youngest) and Larry, the family comprised their widowed mother, the gun-mad Leslie, and diet-obsessed sister Margo together with Roger the dog.

They are fiercely protected by their taxi-driver friend Spiro (Spyros "Americano" Chalikiopoulos) and mentored by the polymath Dr Theodore Stephanides who provides Gerald with his education in natural history. Other human characters, chiefly eccentric, include Gerald's private tutors, the artistic and literary visitors Larry invites to stay, and the local peasants who befriend the family. An audio treat for those young and old.

GENRE
Biography
NARRATOR
HB
Hugh Bonneville
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
04:20
hr min
RELEASED
2025
27 March
PUBLISHER
CSA Word
PRESENTED BY
Audible.co.uk
SIZE
209
MB

Customer Reviews

Ceedeem ,

My family and other animals

This is a great book , whatever age the reader . A book to read over and over it always brings a smile . Although I have read this many times , the first time for audiobooks did not disappoint .

snibborg ,

My Family & Other Animals

Studied this for 'O' level in 1966. Still as great today as it was then and now in audio ! What more could a listener want? A good buy.

Emystified ,

So Entertaining

I loved this book as a child and now thoroughly enjoy this audio version. My favourite dialogues include “mother’s bathing costume”, the visit of “Zatopek”, “Gianni’s Cat”, and many more. Hugh Bonneville’s delivery is so good!

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