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Rites of Passage (Faber Fiction Classics)

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An edition of Rites of passages (1980)

Rites of Passage (Faber Fiction Classics)

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  • 7 Have read

During the early 18th century, passengers on a ship to Australia include a parson whom the crew choses as a scapegoat.

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Faber and Faber
Pages
278

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Immigrants Ocean travel Fiction Fiction in Spanish Man Booker Prize Winner award:man_booker_prize=1980 Fiction in English Emigration and immigration History Large type books Napoleonic Wars, 1800-1815 Historical fiction Napoleanic Wars, 1800-1815 Ocean trael Voyages and travels(Fictitious character) English Sea stories Nobility Nobility -- Fiction Immigrants -- Australia -- Fiction Sea stories, English Ocean trael -- Fiction Voyages and travels(Fictitious character) -- Fiction England -- History -- 19th century -- Fiction British and irish fiction (fictional works by one author) Fiction, sea stories Fiction, historical Fiction, biographical Australia, fiction

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Australia England

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19th century

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Cover of: Rites of Passage (Faber Fiction Classics)
Rites of Passage (Faber Fiction Classics)
April 9, 2001, Faber and Faber
Paperback - New Ed edition
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Rites of Passage
June 1988, G K Hall & Co
Hardcover in English - Lg Print edition Large print edition
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Rites of passage
1982, Playboy
in English
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Rites of passage
1980, Faber & Faber
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First Sentence

"Honoured godfather, With those words I begin the journal I engaged myself to keep for you-no words could be more suitable!"

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
278
Dimensions
6.8 x 4.3 x 0.8 inches
Weight
5.6 ounces

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL7857742M
ISBN 10
0571209432
ISBN 13
9780571209439
LibraryThing
187493
Goodreads
14431

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL2430180W

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Honoured godfather, With those words I begin the journal I engaged myself to keep for you-no words could be more suitable!
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