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Mr Fortune's Maggot (Penguin Modern Classics) by Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978, author is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Mr Fortune's Maggot (Penguin Modern Classics) about?
'Witty, poetic, clairvoyant' John Updike The Reverend Timothy Fortune, ex-clerk of the Hornsey branch of Lloyds Bank, has found his vocation: to convert the inhabitants of the remote tropical island of Fanua to Christianity. Even when everyone except for a young boy called Lueli remains indifferent to his preaching, Mr Fortune's good spirits cannot be dampened - until one day his faith is put to a terrible test. 'This quizzical tale is so intensely moving' Gillian Beer, New Statesman 'Original,
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- Author
- Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978, author
- Publisher
- Penguin Books, Limited
- Published
- 2021
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780241476093
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Humanities
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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