Annals Of A Quiet Neighbourhood, By George Macdonald, Novel (Illustrated)

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Annals Of A Quiet Neighbourhood, By George Macdonald, Novel (Illustrated)ISBN13:9781535440462ISBN10:1535440465Author:MacDonald, George (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - An Abridged Version Of George Macdonald's Book, Annals Of A Quiet Neighborhood Which Was First Published In 1865 As A Serial In The Sunday Magazine In England A Work Of Faith And Hope, Repentance And Redemption, This Novel, Set In Marshmallows, A Rural Location In Victorian England, Is The Story Of A Young Vicar, Harry Walton, Beginning Work In His First Parish As He Wins The Confidence And Affection Of His Parishioners He Also Comes To Know The Web Of Entanglements And Sorrows That Bind Many Of Them, Including The Lovely And Evasive Young Woman Who Lives With Her Mother And Niece In Stately Oldcastle Hall, The Center Of Some Of The Neighborhood's Longest Hidden Secrets George Macdonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) Was A Scottish Author, Poet, And Christian Minister He Was A Pioneering Figure In The Field Of Fantasy Literature And The Mentor Of Fellow Writer Lewis Carroll His Writings Have Been Cited As A Major Literary Influence By Many Notable Authors Including W H Auden, C S Lewis, J R R Tolkien, Walter De La Mare, E Nesbit And Madeleine L'engle C S Lewis Wrote That He Regarded Macdonald As His Master Picking Up A Copy Of Phantastes One Day At A Train-Station Bookstall, I Began To Read A Few Hours Later, Said Lewis, I Knew That I Had Crossed A Great Frontier G K Chesterton Cited The Princess And The Goblin As A Book That Had Made A Difference To My Whole Existence Elizabeth Yates Wrote Of Sir Gibbie, It Moved Me The Way Books Did When, As A Child, The Great Gates Of Literature Began To Open And First Encounters With Noble Thoughts And Utterances Were Unspeakably Thrilling Even Mark Twain, Who Initially Disliked Macdonald, Became Friends With Him, And There Is Some Evidence That Twain Was Influenced By Macdonald Christian Author Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) Wrote In Christian Disciplines, Vol 1, (Pub 1934) That It Is A Striking Indication Of The Trend And Shallowness Of The Modern Reading Public That George Macdonald's Books Have Been So Neglected In Addition To His Fairy Tales, Macdonald Wrote Several Works On Christian Apologetics Including Several That Defended His View Of Christian Universalism Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2016-07-23Weight:1.07 lbsDimensions:0.51'' H x 10'' L x 7.99'' WNumber of Pages:240Language:English

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