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Wanting by Richard Flanagan is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Wanting about?
1 volume "1841. In the remote penal colony of Van Diemen's Land, a barefoot Aboriginal girl sits for her 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 civilisation - one that will determine whether science and reason can be imposed in place of savagery and desire. Years pass. Sir John Franklin has disappeared, along with his crew and two ships, on an expedition to find the fabled Northwest Passage. England is horrified as reports of cannibalism filter back from search parties, no one more so than the most celebrated novelist of the day, Charles Dickens, for whom Franklin's story becomes a means to plumb the frozen depths of his own soul ..."--Back cover Originally published: North Sydney, N.S.W. : Knopf, 2008
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
- Vintage Books, Random House Australia
- Published
- 2012
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781742755120
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, History, Historical Fiction
- Rating
- 3.51 / 5 (19 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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