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Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

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Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and the Princess and the Goblin. However, during his life he was more famous for many more realistic novels. . . among them the somewhat autobiographical Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood.This story of a young motherless boy growing up with his brothers in a Scottish manse is full of delightful characters. There is Kirsty, an enchanting Highland storyteller, Turkey, the intrepid cowherd, the evil Kelpie, and the lovely Elsie Duff. Throughout the twists and turns of his escapades and adventures Ranald learns from his father the important lessons of courage and integrity.When Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood came out in 1871 the New York Independent praised it as "full of sweetness, full of boy-life and true goodness". Perhaps, but it is also a good story, from the master of storytellers. (Summary by Bookworm)

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  1. 36

    Knight-Errantry

  2. 35

    Failure

  3. 34

    Turkey Plots

  4. 33

    Old John Jamieson

  5. 32

    Turkey's trick

  6. 31

    I Scheme Too

  7. 30

    A Double Exposure

  8. 29

    Tribulation

  9. 28

    A Winter's Ride

  10. 27

    The Peat-Stack

  11. 26

    A Solitary Chapter

  12. 25

    An Evening Visit

  13. 24

    I Break In My Story

  14. 23

    I Learn That I Am Not A Man

  15. 22

    Mrs. Mitchell is Defeated

  16. 21

    A New Schoolmistress

  17. 20

    We Learn Other Things

  18. 19

    Sir Worm Wymble

  19. 18

    The Kelpie

  20. 17

    Another Kelpie

  21. 16

    Wandering Willie

  22. 15

    Elsie Duff

  23. 14

    A New Companion

  24. 13

    I Go Down Hill

  25. 12

    The Trouble Grows

  26. 11

    Light Out of Darkness

  27. 10

    Forgiveness

  28. 9

    I Have a Fall and a Dream

  29. 8

    The Bees' Nest

  30. 7

    Vain Intercession

  31. 6

    Introductory

  32. 5

    The Glimmer of Twilight

  33. 4

    My Father

  34. 3

    Kirsty

  35. 2

    I Begin Life

  36. 1

    No Father

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George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and the Princess and the Goblin. However, during his life he was more famous for many more realistic novels. . . among them the somewhat autobiographical Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood.This story of a young motherless boy growing up with his brothers in a Scottish manse is full of delightful characters. There is Kirsty, an enchanting Highland storyteller, Turkey, the intrepid cowherd, the evil Kelpie, and the lovely Elsie Duff. Throughout the twists and turns of his escapades and adventures Ranald learns from his father the important lessons of courage and integrity.When Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood came out in 1871 the New York Independent praised it as "full of sweetness, full of boy-life and true goodness". Perhaps, but it is also a good story, from the master of storytellers. (Summary by Bookworm)

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