Donal Grant
by George MacDonald
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A gothic thriller of good versus evil played out in the heart of a mysterious castle--the sequel to Sir Gibbie by the 19th-century Scottish author. As well as being MacDonald's longest book, the magnificent Donal Grant is a novel with everything--a Gothic castle with hidden rooms and passageways, good guys and bad guys, mysteries and.Tags
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I don't know which is more tiresome, the piety, the plot, or the complete lack of development of the perfect-from-the-start main character. This is one of those books I could choose get through quickly or could drop part read. I chose to read it because, based on other of MacDonald's fiction, I hoped it would come together in the end, but sadly, it never did for me.
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George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He attended University in Aberdeen in 1840 and then went on to Highbury College in 1848 where he studied to be a Congregational Minister, receiving his M. A. After being a minister for several years, he became a lecturer in English literature at Kings College in show more London before becoming a full-time writer. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. In 1955, he wrote his first important original work, a long religious poem entitled Within and Without. He is best known for his fantasy novels Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith and fairy tales including The Light Princess, The Golden Key, and The Wise Woman. In 1863, he published David Eiginbrod, the first of a dozen novels that were set in Scotland and based on the lives of rural Scots. He died on September 18. 1905. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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- Original title
- Donal Grant
- Alternate titles
- The Shepherd's Castle
- Original publication date
- 1883
- People/Characters
- Donal Grant; Davie; Lady Arctura
- First words
- It was a lovely morning in the first of summer.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)It seems to say to those who can read it, "I know in whom I believe...and all is well."
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- Languages
- English
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 39
- ASINs
- 3
