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Oana
Aug 08, 2010 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
I was a little perplexed as to what rating to give to this book; I had no intention of reading it, it came in a dual volume with Lolly Willowes, which I wanted to read after hearing about it in Singled Out. I knew Mr. Fortune's Maggot was about a missionary and that Warner wrote about a foreign culture she didn't really know - I didn't really care for a 1920s opinion of Polynesian culture or an outdated travelogue. Looking at the reviews on Good Reads and seeing so many four and five stars, I de ...more
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Aug 02, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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