Stephen Archer and Other Tales
Stephen Archer was a stationer, bookseller, and newsmonger in one of the suburbs of London. The newspapers hung in a sort of rack at his door, as if for the convenience of the public to help themselves in passing. On his counter lay penny weeklies and books coming out in parts, amongst which the Family Herald was in force, and the London Journal not to be found. I had occasion once to try the extent of his stock, for I required a good many copies of one of Shakspere's plays-at a penny, if I could find such. He shook his head, and told me he could not encourage the sale of such productions. This pleased me; for, although it was of little conse…
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Weitere Autoren: George MacDonald / 1stworld Library (Hrsg.)
- ISBN: 978-1-4218-4730-6
- EAN: 9781421847306
- Produktnummer: 3218163
- Verlag: 1st World Library - Literary Society
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 332 S.
- Masse: H22.2 cm x B14.5 cm x D2.3 cm 590 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken mit Schutzumschlag
- Gewicht: 590
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George MacDonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. 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.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. Christian author Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) wrote in Christian Discipline, vol. 1, (pub. 1934) it is a striking indication of the trend and shallowness of the modern reading public that George MacDonald's books have been so neglected.
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