Donal Grant

by George MacDonald

Overview

Scottish author George MacDonald was a Christian children's author best known for his popular fantasy stories, fairy tales, and memorable young protagonists. MacDonald was an inspiration for writers of children's fiction such as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, Madeline L'Engle, Lewis Carroll, and even Mark Twain. Donal Grant is the story of Donal, a man who has just finished college and sets out on a journey to a nearby town. There, he finds a spiritual mentor and several of his family members. The story is filled with supernatural occurrences - ghosts, legends, and somnambulism. MacDonald, per usual, incorporates many "sermonettes" into the novel, and topics like evil and secrets and discussed with a religious bent. This is one of MacDonald's more challenging novels due to its 800 print page length and the realistic Scottish dialect he uses for dialogue, but the story is well worth the struggle. Fans of MacDonald will enjoy this less well-known work. -Abby Zwart, CCEL Staff Writer

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781412166737
Publisher:	eBooksLib
Publication date:	04/21/2010
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	568 KB

About the Author

George MacDonald (1824 - 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. 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".

Table of Contents

1	Foot Faring	7
2	In Lodgings	39
3	The Sabbath	68
4	New Acquaintances	95
5	In the New Home	125
6	No Coward	140
7	Becoming Acquainted	155
8	What it Involved	164
9	Biased by Opinion	172
10	More Knowledge	192
11	An Altercation	215
12	The True Path	264
13	In Council	279
14	Teacher Turned Pupil	284
15	A Thing to be Ashamed Of	298
16	Further Interference	328
17	Keeping Aloof	349
18	In the Scales	357
19	Strange Sights	371
20	A Visitor	383
21	Meeting of the Three	414
22	Advice Rejected	426
23	Differences	432
24	Into the old Grooves	473
25	Further Search	480
26	The Dream	492
27	Finding the Place	499
28	A Confidential Talk	510
29	Another Suggestion	515
30	An unsought-for Interview	567
31	Lord Morven	583
32	A Strange Burial	588
33	After Church	595
34	The Paper in the Bureau	604
35	Alarming the Earl	612
36	Explaining the lost Room	630
37	Lord Forgue again	647
38	False Play	686
39	The Plot	698
40	Waking to the Fact	702
41	Deliverance	707
42	Odd Changes	719
43	A Confession	752
44	The Marriage	760
45	The Will	768