Mr Fortune's Maggot by Sylvia Townsend Warner

Mr Fortune's Maggot

Sylvia Townsend Warner

256 pages first pub 1927 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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Mr. Fortune is a good man, humble and 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...

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Community Reviews Summary of 36 reviews

Moods

reflective 100%
emotional 66%
funny 66%
adventurous 33%
challenging 33%
sad 33%

Pace

slow 50%
medium 50%

Plot- or character-driven?

Character: 66% | Plot: 33%

Strong character development?

Yes: 100%

Loveable characters?

Yes: 100%

Diverse cast of characters?

Yes: 100%

Flaws of characters a main focus?

It's complicated: 66% | Yes: 33%

Average rating

3.57

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