Summary of Gerald Durrell's My Family and Other Animals

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#1 My family was not a very attractive sight that afternoon, as the weather had brought with it the usual selection of ills. For me, it had brought catarrh, which had inflamed the convolutions of my ears and made them bleed delicately but persistently.

#2 We sold the house and flew to Greece. We were all travelling light, taking only what we considered to be the bare essentials of life. When we opened our luggage for Customs inspection, the contents of our bags were a fair indication of character and interests.

#3 We arrived in Corfu, the largest of the Greek islands. The sea was calm and the sky was blue, and the island was blanketed in mist. We could see the mountains, and the beaches were as white as tusks among the brilliant rocks.

#4 We arrived in Split, and had to wait for Mother to get Roger into a cab. He had never been in such a vehicle, and he treated it with suspicion. We had to lift him and hurl him inside.

• Language: English
• Publisher: IRB Media
• Release date: Jul 17, 2022
• ISBN: 9798822547650

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Insights from Chapter 1

Insights from Chapter 2

Insights from Chapter 3

Insights from Chapter 1

#1

My family was not a very attractive sight that afternoon, as the weather had brought with it the usual selection of ills. For me, it had brought catarrh, which had inflamed the convolutions of my ears and made them bleed delicately but persistently.

#2

We sold the house and flew to Greece. We were all travelling light, taking only what we considered to be the bare essentials of life. When we opened our luggage for Customs inspection, the contents of our bags were a fair indication of character and interests.

#3

We arrived in Corfu, the largest of the Greek islands. The sea was calm and the sky was blue, and the island was blanketed in mist. We could see the mountains, and the beaches were as white as tusks among the brilliant rocks.

#4

We arrived in Split, and had to wait for Mother to get Roger into a cab. He had never been in such a vehicle, and he treated it with suspicion. We had to lift him and hurl him inside.

#5

We arrived at the pension, and the manager showed us to four rooms and a balcony. Mother smiled sweetly, as though our arrival were the most normal thing in the world.

#6

We went to lunch at the hotel. The food was decent, but the service was poor. We were served by the bewhiskered porter, who had become the head waiter simply by donning tails and a celluloid dicky that squeaked like a convention of crickets.

#7

The town was full of funerals, which made Mother very anxious. She wanted to move out of the town, and find a house in the country.

#8

We went house-hunting on our own the next morning. We were convinced that somewhere on the island, there lurked a villa with a bathroom. We did not share Mother's belief, and so it was a slightly irritable and argumentative group that went out house-hunting.

#9

We were taken to look at a villa with a bathroom. It was located on a hilltop, and its view was stunning. It was owned by a man named Spiro Hakiaopulos, who had spent eight years in Chicago and learned his English there.

#10