Book guide
Oscar and Lucinda
A glass church, two compulsive gamblers, and a wild Australian wager become an unforgettable tale of love, faith, and colonial ambition.
Genre and trope pairingsRomanceOpposites attractLiterarySocial commentary
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About Oscar and Lucinda
In nineteenth-century Australia, nervous Anglican minister Oscar Hopkins and heiress Lucinda Leplastrier—two outsiders bonded by gambling and conviction—are drawn into a strange partnership involving love, commerce, religion, and a perilous plan to transport a glass church across the Outback.
Reading signals
- Spice
- Light
- Darkness
- Balanced
- Pacing
- Slow
Content warnings
- addiction
- racial slurs
- racism
- rape
- sexism
- suicide
