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Wanting by Richard Flanagan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Wanting about?
<p>It is 1844. In the remote penal colony of Van Diemen’s Land, a barefoot Aboriginal girl sits for a portrait in a red silk dress. She is Mathinna, the adopted daughter of the island’s governor, Sir John Franklin, and his wife, Lady Jane, and the subject of a grand experiment in civilization -- one that will determine whether science, Christianity and reason can be imposed in the place of savagery, impulse and desire.</p> <p>A quarter of a century passes. Somewhere in the Arctic, Sir John Frank
Who reads Wanting?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Richard Flanagan
- Publisher
- Harper and Collins Publishers
- Published
- 2010
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781443400572
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary
- Rating
- 3.65 / 5 (722 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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