Breaking News:
There and Back, published by George MacDonald in 1891, is now
an audiobook! Several volunteers helped me record this for you all, and
it can now be downloaded for free from LibriVox.org.
Book Summary:
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in and the child is stolen away by his loving nurse, what can unfold but a riveting account of the years of mystery, drama, love and lessons for which MacDonald's writings are known.
An unscrupulous baronet is left a widower and couldn't care less what happens to his ugly newborn heir. But when an icy stepmother moves in and the child is stolen away by his loving nurse, what can unfold but a riveting account of the years of mystery, drama, love and lessons for which MacDonald's writings are known.
Quote:
"I would move a long way to see that Mr. Tuke cared to do
right: that is my business. It is not much to me, and nothing
to my business, whether Mr. Tuke be rich or poor, a baronet or
a bookbinder; it is everything to me whether Mr. Tuke will be
an honest fellow or not."
While it can be read as a stand-alone work, There and Back is a sort of sequel to Thomas Wingfold, Curate and Paul Faber, Surgeon in that they all include the character of Wingfold. The three have been abridged by Michael Phillips and republished under the names: The Curate's Awakening, The Lady's Confession, and The Baron's Apprenticeship, but these are not in the public domain, as are the originals.
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