Mr Fortune's Maggot

By:

Sylvia Townsend Warner

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Penguin Modern Classics

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One of Sylvia Townsend Warner's best-loved novels- a droll and deeply affecting story of love and disillusionment on an remote tropical island After three years on the remote tropical island of Fanua, Timothy Fortune, a missionary from London, has made little headway. The islanders show very little interest in Christianity and he has only a single convert- a boy, Lueli. As Mr Fortune's affections for both Lueli and his new island home deepen, he begins to question all his old certainties - until one day he is put to a terrible test. A wry exploration of faith, colonialism and the demands of love, Mr Fortune's Maggot is as quietly subversive as it is delightful.

Author Biography:

Sylvia Townsend Warner (1893-1978) grew up in rural Devonshire before moving to London and writing her debut novel, Lolly Willowes (1926). With her partner Valentine Ackland, she was active in the Communist Party and served in the Red Cross during the Spanish Civil War. Her novels include Mr Fortune's Maggot, The True Heart, Summer Will Show, After the Death of Don Juan, The Corner That Held Them and The Flint Anchor.

Release date Australia

February 25th, 2021

Author

Sylvia Townsend Warner

Series

Penguin Modern Classics

Pages

160

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Dimensions

129x198x8

ISBN-13

9780241476093

Product ID

33409948

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