October Island
Title | October Island |
Year for Search | 1952 |
Authors | [Campbell], [William Edward March](1893-1954) |
Tertiary Authors | March, William [pseud.] |
Date Published | 1952 |
Publisher | Little, Brown |
Place Published | Boston, MA |
Keywords | Male author, US author |
Annotation | South Sea island eutopia. The novel is initially concerned with the unsuccessful attempts of a missionary couple from a very strict sect to convert the natives, who wear few clothes, have an open sexuality, and worship their own gods. It then focuses on the way the missionary woman is integrated into the natives' beliefs. |
Additional Publishers | U.K. ed. London: Victor Gollancz, 1952. The initial story on which the novel is based was published in Good Housekeeping 123.4 (October 1946): 30-31, 296-312. |
Pseudonym | William March [pseud.] |
Holding Institutions | L, PSt |
Author Note | (1893-1954) |
Full Text | 1952 [ |