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The Shadows
2004
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3.80
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35
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The Shadows is a novel written by the renowned Scottish author, George MacDonald. The story revolves around the protagonist, Cosmo Liddell, who is a young man struggling to find his place in the world. Cosmo is haunted by the shadows of his past, which prevent him from moving forward in life. He is deeply in love with his childhood friend, Agnes, but is unable to express his feelings to her due to his insecurities. As the story progresses, Cosmo embarks on a journey of self-discovery, seeking answers to the questions that have been plaguing him for years. He meets a mysterious woman named Lilith, who helps him confront his inner demons and overcome his fears. Along the way, he also encounters a host of other characters, each with their own unique stories and perspectives on life.The Shadows is a powerful meditation on the human condition, exploring themes such as love, loss, redemption, and the struggle for self-acceptance. MacDonald's writing is rich and evocative, and his characters are deeply nuanced and complex. The novel is a timeless masterpiece that continues to captivate readers to this day.""'Permit me, however, ' rejoined one of the Shadows; and as he spoke, he approached the king, and lifting a dark fore-finger, drew it lightly, but carefully, across the ridge of his forehead, from temple to temple. The king felt the soft gliding touch go, like water, into every hollow, and over the top of every height of that mountain-chain of thought.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
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George MacDonald
George MacDonald
Author · 102 books

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was educated at Aberdeen University and after a short and stormy career as a minister at Arundel, where his unorthodox views led to his dismissal, he turned to fiction as a means of earning a living. He wrote over 50 books. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, MacDonald inspired many authors, such as G.K. Chesterton, W. H. Auden, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L'Engle. 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." Elizabeth Yates wrote of Sir Gibbie, "It moved me the way books did when, as a child, the great gates of literature began to open and first encounters with noble thoughts and utterances were unspeakably thrilling." Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald. For more information, please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George\_M...

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