Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
After a decade in one South Seas mission, a London bank-clerk-turned-minister sets his heart on serving a remote volcanic island. Fanua contains neither cannibals nor Christians, but its citizens, his superior warns, are like children—immoral children. Still, Mr. Timothy Fortune lights out for Fanua. Yet after three years, he has made only one convert, and his devotion to the boy may prove more sensual than sacred.Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s second novel, is lyrical, droll, and deeply affecting, and her missionary captivated his creator as much as he did her readers. Long after the book's publication, Warner began the novellaThe Salutation. Now adrift and starving on the Brazilian pampas, Mr. Fortune is rescued by an elderly widow, who delights in having an Englishman about the house. Her heir, however, may beg to differ. Brilliant and subversive,Mr. Fortune's Maggotand its sequel are now available for the first time ever in one volume. They show Sylvia Townsend Warner at the height of her powers.
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
After a decade in one South Seas mission, a London bank-clerk-turned-minister sets his heart on serving a remote volcanic island. Fanua contains neither cannibals nor Christians, but its citizens, his superior warns, are like children—immoral children. Still, Mr. Timothy Fortune lights out for Fanua. Yet after three years, he has made only one convert, and his devotion to the boy may prove more sensual than sacred.Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s second novel, is lyrical, droll, and deeply affecting, and her missionary captivated his creator as much as he did her readers. Long after the book's publication, Warner began the novellaThe Salutation. Now adrift and starving on the Brazilian pampas, Mr. Fortune is rescued by an elderly widow, who delights in having an Englishman about the house. Her heir, however, may beg to differ. Brilliant and subversive,Mr. Fortune's Maggotand its sequel are now available for the first time ever in one volume. They show Sylvia Townsend Warner at the height of her powers.
Publisher: New York Review of Books
ISBN: 9780940322837
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 252
Book Description
After a decade in one South Seas mission, a London bank-clerk-turned-minister sets his heart on serving a remote volcanic island. Fanua contains neither cannibals nor Christians, but its citizens, his superior warns, are like children—immoral children. Still, Mr. Timothy Fortune lights out for Fanua. Yet after three years, he has made only one convert, and his devotion to the boy may prove more sensual than sacred.Mr. Fortune’s Maggot, Sylvia Townsend Warner’s second novel, is lyrical, droll, and deeply affecting, and her missionary captivated his creator as much as he did her readers. Long after the book's publication, Warner began the novellaThe Salutation. Now adrift and starving on the Brazilian pampas, Mr. Fortune is rescued by an elderly widow, who delights in having an Englishman about the house. Her heir, however, may beg to differ. Brilliant and subversive,Mr. Fortune's Maggotand its sequel are now available for the first time ever in one volume. They show Sylvia Townsend Warner at the height of her powers.
Call Mr. Fortune
Author: H.C. Bailey
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479449067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This collection of six classic stories introduces Reggie Fortune, a country doctor with a passion for sweets -- and a lackluster work ethic. But Reggie may have found his true calling when he stumbles into mysteries!
Publisher: Wildside Press LLC
ISBN: 1479449067
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 149
Book Description
This collection of six classic stories introduces Reggie Fortune, a country doctor with a passion for sweets -- and a lackluster work ethic. But Reggie may have found his true calling when he stumbles into mysteries!
Mr. Fortune
Author: Henry Christopher Bailey
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
Publisher: Dissertations-G
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy
Author: Ruth Richardson
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191623385
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed. The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy tells the story of the creation of this remarkable book, and the individuals who made it happen: Henry Gray, the bright and ambitious physiologist, poised for medical fame and fortune, who was the book's author; Carter, the brilliant young illustrator, lacking Gray's social advantages, shy and inclined to religious introspection; and the publishers - Parkers, father and son, the father eager to employ new technology, the son part of a lively circle of intellectuals. It is the story of changing attitudes in the mid-19th century; of the social impact of science, the changing status of medicine; of poverty and class; of craftsmanship and technology. And it all unfolds in the atmospheric milieu of Victorian London - taking the reader from the smart townhouses of Belgravia, to the dissection room of St George's Hospital, and to the workhouses and mortuaries where we meet the friendless poor who would ultimately be immortalised in Carter's engravings. Alongside the story of the making of the book itself, Ruth Richardson reflects on what made Gray's Anatomy such a unique intellectual, artistic, and cultural achievement - how it represented a summation of a long half century's blossoming of anatomical knowledge and exploration, and how it appeared just at the right time to become the 'Doctor's Bible' for generations of medics to follow.
Publisher: OUP Oxford
ISBN: 0191623385
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 344
Book Description
Gray's Anatomy is probably one of the most iconic scientific books ever published: an illustrated textbook of anatomy that is still a household name 150 years since its first edition, known for its rigorously scientific text, and masterful illustrations as beautiful as they are detailed. The Making of Mr Gray's Anatomy tells the story of the creation of this remarkable book, and the individuals who made it happen: Henry Gray, the bright and ambitious physiologist, poised for medical fame and fortune, who was the book's author; Carter, the brilliant young illustrator, lacking Gray's social advantages, shy and inclined to religious introspection; and the publishers - Parkers, father and son, the father eager to employ new technology, the son part of a lively circle of intellectuals. It is the story of changing attitudes in the mid-19th century; of the social impact of science, the changing status of medicine; of poverty and class; of craftsmanship and technology. And it all unfolds in the atmospheric milieu of Victorian London - taking the reader from the smart townhouses of Belgravia, to the dissection room of St George's Hospital, and to the workhouses and mortuaries where we meet the friendless poor who would ultimately be immortalised in Carter's engravings. Alongside the story of the making of the book itself, Ruth Richardson reflects on what made Gray's Anatomy such a unique intellectual, artistic, and cultural achievement - how it represented a summation of a long half century's blossoming of anatomical knowledge and exploration, and how it appeared just at the right time to become the 'Doctor's Bible' for generations of medics to follow.
Mr. Fortune's Maggot
Author: Sylvia Townsend Warner
Publisher: New York Viking Press 1927.
ISBN:
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A second meaning to the word 'maggot' is 'a whimsical or perverse fantasy' and it is a maggot of this variety that takes the Reverand Timothy Fortune, ex-clerk of the Hornsey Branch of Lloyds Bank, to the remote South Sea island of Fanua as a missionary. This 'pious escapade' brings him the joy of being let loose into the world for the first time.
Publisher: New York Viking Press 1927.
ISBN:
Category : Boys
Languages : en
Pages : 270
Book Description
A second meaning to the word 'maggot' is 'a whimsical or perverse fantasy' and it is a maggot of this variety that takes the Reverand Timothy Fortune, ex-clerk of the Hornsey Branch of Lloyds Bank, to the remote South Sea island of Fanua as a missionary. This 'pious escapade' brings him the joy of being let loose into the world for the first time.
Alaska Power Administration, Bonneville Power Administration, Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior, Federal Power Commission, Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin, Southeastern Power Administration, Southwestern Power Administration, Underground Electric Power Transmission Research Program, Water Resources Council
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Water resources development
Languages : en
Pages : 1248
Book Description
Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commission Appropriation Bill, 1974
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Public Works
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear energy
Languages : en
Pages : 1252
Book Description
Public Works for Water and Power Development and Atomic Energy Commisstion Appropriation Bill
Author: United States. Congress. House Appropriations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1268
Book Description
Hearings
Author: United States. Congress Senate
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1922
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 1922
Book Description
The New Era in East Asia
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs. Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Affairs
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : China
Languages : en
Pages : 428
Book Description