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Missionaries in fiction
.... an informal listing of works of literature in which missionaries are prominent characters or are portrayed in interesting ways. Please send additions/corrections to christopher.j.anderson@yale.edu
Author Title Date of publication Achebe, Chinua Things Fall Apart 1958 Anand, Mulk Raj Untouchable 1947 Berlinski, Mischa Fieldwork 2008 Beti, Mongo The Poor Christ of Bomba 1971 Blackburn, Julia The Book of Colour 1995 Bosse, Malcolm The Warlord 1983 Brink, Andre Praying Mantis 2005 Bronte, Charlotte Jane Eyre 1847 Buchan, John Prester John 1910 Caputo, Philip Acts of Faith 2005 Candler, Edmund Siri Ram, Revolutionist 1912 Cary, Joyce Aissa Saved
An American Visitor1932
1933Cather, Willa Death Comes for the Archbishop 1927 Corbalis, Judy Tapu 1996 Craven, Margaret I Heard the Owl Call My Name 1967 Dalton, John Heaven Lake 2004 Dickens, Charles Bleak House 1852- Du Bois, W.E.B. Quest of the Silver Fleece
Dark Princess1911
1928Elliot, Elisabeth No Graven Image 1966 Elphinstone, Margaret Voyageurs : a novel 2003 Endo, Shusaku Yellow Man
Volcano
Wonderful Fool
Silence
The Samurai1955
1978
1974
1970
1980Forester, C. S. The African Queen 1940 Forster, E. M. The Life to Come [short story] 1972 Ghosh, Amitav The Calcutta Chromosome
The Glass Palace1996
2000Godden, Rumer Black Narcissus 1939 Greene, Graham A Burnt-out Case 1961 Grisham, John The Testament 1999 Head, Bessie The Collector of Treasures, and other Botswana Village Tales 1977 Hersey, John The Call 1985 Highland, Frederick Ghost Eater 2003 Hilton, James Lost Horizon 1933 Hunter, W.W. The Old Missionary 1895 Jagose, Annamarie Slow Water 2003 Jeal, Tim The Missionary's Wife 1996 Keller, Nora Okja Comfort Woman 1997 Kesavan, Mukul Looking Through Glass 1995 Kingsolver, Barbara The Poisonwood Bible 1998 Lao She Mr. Ma & Son : a Sojourn in London 1991 Lin Yutang A Moment in Peking 1939 Macaulay, Rose The Towers of Trebizond 1956 Mantel, Hilary A Change of Climate 1994 Masters, John To the Coral Strand 1962 Matsuoka, Takashi Cloud of Sparrows 2004 Matthiessen, Peter At Play in the Fields of the Lord 1965 Maugham, Somerset On a Chinese Screen [short stories]
Rain [short story]1922
1934Melville, Herman Typee; Omoo 1846;1850 Mercer, Charles Rachel Cade 1956 Meyers, Margaret Swimming in the Congo 1995 Michener, James Hawaii
The Covenant
Texas1959
1980
1985Millin, Sarah Gertrude God's Stepchildren 1924 Moore, Brian Black Robe
Catholics
No Other Life1985
1992
1993Morgan, Lady (Sydney Owenson) The Missionary: An Indian Tale 1811 Nelson, Shirley and Rudy The Risk of Returning 2013 Ngugi wa Thiong'o The River Between 1965 Nyabongo, Akiki K. Africa Answers Back 1938 Paton, Alan Cry, the Beloved Country 1948 Pilgrim, Earl The Captain and the Girl 2001 Raspail, Jean The Camp of the Saints 1975 Schaeffer, Frank Portofino
Saving Grandma1992
1997Scott, Paul The Raj Quartet (includes The Jewel in the Crown) 1967 Silko, Leslie Almanac of the Dead 1991 Stevenson, Robert Louis Island Nights' Entertainments 1893 Stow, Randolph To the Islands 1958 Svelmoe, Bill Spirits Eat Ripe Papaya 2010 Tan, Amy The Hundred Secret Senses 1995 Theroux, Paul Mosquito Coast 1981 Thompson, Edward An Indian Day; A Farewell to India; An End of the Hours 1927, 1931, 1938 Vargas Llosa, Mario El Hablador 1987 Walker, Alice The Color Purple 1992 Warner, Sylvia Townsend Mr. Fortune's Maggot; and, The Salutation 2001 Waugh, Evelyn Out of Depth [short story] 1936 Wharton, Edith The Seed of the Faith [short story\ ca.1937 Yonge, Charlotte The Trial 1864
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