#100 in Historical fiction
Captain Corelli's Mandolin
- 534
- Pages
- about 10 h
- Reading time
- Film 2001
- On screen
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Our view
“Captain Corelli’s Mandolin” is a richly written wartime novel set on Cephalonia, a Greek island under Italian and German occupation. Louis de Bernières mixes biting humour with the horror of war, and draws the islanders with real affection. Some readers feel the central romance fades well before the end, and find the last quarter rushed and the ending bleak.
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About the book
Captain Corelli's Mandolin, released simultaneously in the United States as Corelli's Mandolin, is a 1994 novel by the British writer Louis de Bernières, set on the Greek island of Cephalonia during the Italian and German occupation of the Second World War. In 2003, the novel was listed at number 19 on the BBC's survey The Big Read.
On screen
This book has been adapted for the screen once.
- FilmCaptain Corelli's MandolinIMDb
Adaptation data: Wikidata · On screen →
Where the score comes from
The sources average 8.1 across 96 ratings — not yet many, so the reader vote carries 40% of the weight and the rest pulls toward the Historical fiction average of 8.0. That is how 8.0 comes out.
| Source | Average | Ratings | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Library | 8.6 | 10 | 10% |
| Hardcover | 8.0 | 86 | 90% |
Frequently asked
How long is Captain Corelli's Mandolin?
It has 534 pages — longer than 67% of the ranked books in Historical fiction.
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