Mr. Wroe's Virgins: A NovelABRAMS, 1 maj 1999 - 288 A nineteenth century prophet claims seven young women for his own in this “engaging, serious and gleefully ironic novel” based on true events (The New York Times Book Review). A New York Times Notable Book In the 1820s, Prophet John Wroe settled his Christian Israelite church in Lancashire, England, where he and his followers awaited the end of the world. And when God told Wroe to find “comfort and succour” with seven virgins, his followers supplied him their daughters. This is the story of those seven young women—faithful, cynical, canny, and desperate—and their charismatic leader, as they move headlong toward the historic trial that brings their household to its dramatic end. With impeccable research into the era and the life of John Wroe, Jane Rogers delivers “a compelling story of astonishing depth, elucidating religious idealism, the beginnings of socialism and the ubiquitous position of women as unpaid laborers” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). “[Mr. Wroe’s Virgins] leaps headlong into the most ambitious and risky territories: faith, love and existential meaning.” —The New York Times Book Review “[Rogers] writes better than almost anyone of her generation.” —The Independent on Sunday |
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... Sanctuary . I must not laugh . I must not . Will he really ? Will they let him ? Who ? Once Abigail Whitehead said to me , ' Can you imagine doing it with the Prophet ? ' We laughed with our heads beneath our quilt work , for fear God ...
... Sanctuary . I must not laugh . I must not . Will he really ? Will they let him ? Who ? Once Abigail Whitehead said to me , ' Can you imagine doing it with the Prophet ? ' We laughed with our heads beneath our quilt work , for fear God ...
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... Sanctuary at four in the afternoon : and when I entered Sanctuary , ten minutes before the appointed time , I saw that ' many are called , but few are chosen ' . The magnitude of the calling was proving almost too much to bear for ...
... Sanctuary at four in the afternoon : and when I entered Sanctuary , ten minutes before the appointed time , I saw that ' many are called , but few are chosen ' . The magnitude of the calling was proving almost too much to bear for ...
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... Sanctuary before today. And lastly beautiful Ann Taylor, who was supported to the front by Brother Paine and his wife, but whose rational faculties gave way utterly under the solemn pressure of the moment, so that she threw herself upon ...
... Sanctuary before today. And lastly beautiful Ann Taylor, who was supported to the front by Brother Paine and his wife, but whose rational faculties gave way utterly under the solemn pressure of the moment, so that she threw herself upon ...
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... Sanctuary. The prophet is a small crazed hunchback with the manners of a bear, who foretells the end of the world. The elders of their church resemble tribesmen one might have found wandering the deserts of Palestine three thousand ...
... Sanctuary. The prophet is a small crazed hunchback with the manners of a bear, who foretells the end of the world. The elders of their church resemble tribesmen one might have found wandering the deserts of Palestine three thousand ...
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A Novel Jane Rogers. 'Today at Sanctuary the prophet showed us the way for you, as God has spoken to him. The Lord has guided him to ask for the offices of seven virgins, to give him comfort and succour in his work.' He stops and looks ...
A Novel Jane Rogers. 'Today at Sanctuary the prophet showed us the way for you, as God has spoken to him. The Lord has guided him to ask for the offices of seven virgins, to give him comfort and succour in his work.' He stops and looks ...
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