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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... walk out only with my saintly insipid cousin , who would faint away at mention of my child ( although his thoughts are so fixed upon matters spiritual that I doubt he has any notion of how a child is conceived ) . What other escape will ...
... walk out only with my saintly insipid cousin , who would faint away at mention of my child ( although his thoughts are so fixed upon matters spiritual that I doubt he has any notion of how a child is conceived ) . What other escape will ...
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... walking . ' Sister Dinah ! There must be a chair . ' The woman who supported her moves hesitantly towards the passage , then disappears into it . She returns almost immediately with a rush - bottomed chair , which Dinah sits upon , and ...
... walking . ' Sister Dinah ! There must be a chair . ' The woman who supported her moves hesitantly towards the passage , then disappears into it . She returns almost immediately with a rush - bottomed chair , which Dinah sits upon , and ...
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... walks. It is a wild, stinking, blundering animal let loose amongst us. What has he got her for? Dinah (who has the misfortune to share her chamber) tells me she has a circle of sores around her neck, as from a chain. It is not hard to ...
... walks. It is a wild, stinking, blundering animal let loose amongst us. What has he got her for? Dinah (who has the misfortune to share her chamber) tells me she has a circle of sores around her neck, as from a chain. It is not hard to ...
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