Lolly Willowes, and Mr. Fortune's maggot
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Published
New York : Viking Press, [1966].
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Book
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310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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| Location | Call Number | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Cranston Central - Adult Fiction | FIC WAR | On Shelf |
| Providence Public - Level G Fiction | Fic Warner | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Viking Press, [1966].
Language
English
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"Laura Willowes rebels against pressure to be the perfect "maiden aunt." Not interested in men or the rushed life of London, Laura is forced to move there from her beloved countryside after the death of her father. Finally, she strikes out for the countryside on her own, selling her soul to an affable but rather simpleminded devil. In Mr. Fortune's maggot, The Reverend Timothy Fortune, ex-clerk of the Hornsey Branch of Lloyds Bank, has spent ten years as a South Seas Island missionary when a 'maggot' impels him to embark on what he describes as a 'sort of pious escapade' - an assignment to the even more remote island of Fanua, where a white man is a rarity. Mr Fortune is a good man, humble, earnest - he wishes to bring the joys of Christianity to the innocent heathen. But in his three years on Fanua he makes only one convert - the boy Lueli, who loves him. This love, and the sensuous freedom of the islanders produces in Mr Fortune a change of heart which is shattering. Beautifully imagined, the paradise island and its people are as vivid as a Gauguin painting. Told with the driest of wise humour, touching and droll by turns, its theme - that we can never love anything without messing it about - is only one of the delights of this enchanting book"--Viewed on Amazon.com 5/9/2016.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Warner, S. T. (1966). Lolly Willowes, and Mr. Fortune's maggot . Viking Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978. 1966. Lolly Willowes, and Mr. Fortune's Maggot. Viking Press.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Warner, Sylvia Townsend, 1893-1978. Lolly Willowes, and Mr. Fortune's Maggot Viking Press, 1966.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Warner, Sylvia Townsend. Lolly Willowes, and Mr. Fortune's Maggot Viking Press, 1966.
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