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Outlander:

with Bonus Content
Front Cover
1956 Reviews
Random House Publishing Group, Oct 26, 2004 - Fiction - 627 pages
This eBook includes the full text of the novel plus the following additional content:
• An excerpt from Diana Gabaldon’s Dragonfly in Amber, the second novel in the Outlander series
• An interview with Diana Gabaldon
• An Outlander reader’s guide

Claire Randall is leading a double life. She has a husband in one century, and a lover in another...

In 1945, Claire Randall, a former combat nurse, is back from the war and reunited with her husband on a second honeymoon—when she innocently touches a boulder in one of the ancient stone circles that dot the British Isles. Suddenly she is a Sassenach—an "outlander"—in a Scotland torn by war and raiding border clans in the year of our Lord...1743.

Hurled back in time by forces she cannot understand, Claire's destiny in soon inextricably intertwined with Clan MacKenzie and the forbidden Castle Leoch. She is catapulted without warning into the intrigues of lairds and spies that may threaten her life ...and shatter her heart. For here, James Fraser, a gallant young Scots warrior, shows her a passion so fierce and a love so absolute that Claire becomes a woman torn between fidelity and desire...and between two vastly different men in two irreconcilable lives.

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The love story is sweet. - Goodreads
Part of it is her writing - she's very verbose. - Goodreads
Frankly, the sex scenes were too detailed. - Goodreads
The plot was really slow-paced. - Goodreads
In general, the premise for the novel was interesting. - Goodreads
This is no average love story. - Goodreads

Review: Outlander (Outlander #1)

User Review  - Kshydog - Goodreads

Claire is a fascinating strong female character. It was interesting having 20th century thoughts and feelings but having to deal with the more barbaric ways of 200 years earlier. I enjoyed how her ... Read full review

Review: Outlander (Outlander #1)

User Review  - Jeni - Goodreads

Someone called these books, "trash books for lit nerds." That might sound negative, but it's a compliment. And I agree with it. I first read this book nearly 10 years ago and I just didn't like it all ... Read full review

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About the author (2004)

Diana Gabaldon holds a master's degree in marine biology and a Ph.D. in ecology, and spent a dozen years as a university professor before turning to write fiction full-time. Her previous publishing history includes scholarly articles and comic book stories for Walt Disney, as well as the award-winning novels Outlander, Dragonfly in Amber, and Voyager. She lives in Scottsdale, Arizona, with her husband, three children, and a large number of animals.


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