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| Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
First published in 1871, the novel is a realistic story of a Scottish upbringing. Ranald and his brothers hear the tale of the Kelpie, a mystical, terrifying monster, from their maid Kirsty, a Highland lass full of character and wonderful verve. The Kelpi...
More >First published in 1871, the novel is a realistic story of a Scottish upbringing. Ranald and his brothers hear the tale of the Kelpie, a mystical, terrifying monster, from their maid Kirsty, a Highland lass full of character and wonderful verve. The Kelpie appears in the boys' lives as a woman who supplants Kirsty's place in their household -- a terrible, but very human monster. This story of spiritual and moral growth is as charming as any of the great fantasist George MacDonald's less realistic tales.
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| File Size | 816.22 KB |
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| Publisher | CONNECT eBooks Classics
Sony CONNECT Inc. |
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| eBook ISBN | 9781434008077 |
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| eBook List Price | $ 1.99 |
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MacDonald George
The man who was to inspire such feeling was born on December 10, 1824 at Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father, a farmer, was one of the MacDonalds of Glen Coe, and a direct descendant of one of the families that suffered in the massacre of 1692. The Doric dialect of the a...
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