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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... poor hidden Thomas . I am locked into my room at night and guarded , ever since my father caught me creeping in at dawn . Allowed to walk out only with my saintly insipid cousin , who would faint away at mention of my child ( although ...
... poor hidden Thomas . I am locked into my room at night and guarded , ever since my father caught me creeping in at dawn . Allowed to walk out only with my saintly insipid cousin , who would faint away at mention of my child ( although ...
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... poor distraught old man , who clung to her in an embrace more like a lover's than a father's , unable to see the workings of God's greater will , for his own small human unhappiness . dais I was able to see quite clearly those blessed.
... poor distraught old man , who clung to her in an embrace more like a lover's than a father's , unable to see the workings of God's greater will , for his own small human unhappiness . dais I was able to see quite clearly those blessed.
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... poor girl was helped into the vestry room in inner Sanctuary, and efforts were there made to calm her. The Prophet, having conducted the choice, departed: we were blessed by the priest and asked to return in two hours for a dedication ...
... poor girl was helped into the vestry room in inner Sanctuary, and efforts were there made to calm her. The Prophet, having conducted the choice, departed: we were blessed by the priest and asked to return in two hours for a dedication ...
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... poor , a couple of tapers only burning at each end of the table , and a small smoky fire hissing in the great hearth . The place smells damp and unused . With no chairs to sit on , we all instinctively move in away from the dark walls ...
... poor , a couple of tapers only burning at each end of the table , and a small smoky fire hissing in the great hearth . The place smells damp and unused . With no chairs to sit on , we all instinctively move in away from the dark walls ...
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... poor health, and our interview was brief: he gave me charge over the others (which I had already assumed, God's guiding hand in this matter being clear to me) and informed me he must leave before dawn on a preaching mission to the ...
... poor health, and our interview was brief: he gave me charge over the others (which I had already assumed, God's guiding hand in this matter being clear to me) and informed me he must leave before dawn on a preaching mission to the ...
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