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Stephen Archer, and Other Tales

George MacDonald

The central tale, "Stephen Archer," follows the life of Stephen, a young stationer and bookseller in London, exploring themes of personal growth, moral dilemmas, and social responsibility intertwined with relationships that challenge his understanding and beliefs.

"Stephen Archer and Other Tales" by George MacDonald is a collection of narratives. The central tale, "Stephen Archer," follows the life of Stephen, a young stationer and bookseller in London, exploring themes of personal growth, moral dilemmas, and social responsibility intertwined with relationships that challenge his understanding and beliefs.

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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 consequence what he thought concerning Shakspere, it was of the utmost import that he should prefer principle to pence. So I loitered in the shop, looking for something to buy; but there was nothing in the way of literature: his whole stock, as far as I could see, consisted of little religious volumes of gay binding and inferior print; he had nothing even from the Halifax press. He was a good-looking fellow, about thirty, with dark eyes, overhanging brows that indicated thought, mouth of character, and no smile. I was interested in him.

I asked if he would mind getting the plays I wanted. He said he would rather not. I bade him good morning.

Contents

  1. 01Stephen Archer
  2. 02The Gifts of the Child Christ.
  3. 03Chapter I.
  4. 04Chapter II.
  5. 05Chapter III.
  6. 06Chapter IV.
  7. 07Chapter V.
  8. 08Chapter VI.
  9. 09Chapter VII.
  10. 10The History of Photogen and Nycteris.
  11. 11Chapter I. Watho.
  12. 12Chapter II. Aurora.
  13. 13Chapter III. Vesper.
  14. 14Chapter IV. Photogen.
  15. 15Chapter V. Nycteris.
  16. 16Chapter VI. How Photogen Grew.
  17. 17Chapter VII. How Nycteris Grew.
  18. 18Chapter VIII. The Lamp.
  19. 19Chapter IX. Out.
  20. 20Chapter X. The Great Lamp.
  21. 21Chapter XI. The Sunset.
  22. 22Chapter XII. The Garden.
  23. 23Chapter XIII. Something Quite New.
  24. 24Chapter XIV. The Sun.
  25. 25Chapter XV. The Coward Hero.
  26. 26Chapter XVI. An Evil Nurse.
  27. 27Chapter XVII
  28. 28Watho's Wolf.
  29. 29Chapter XVIII. Refuge.
  30. 30Chapter XIX. The Werewolf.
  31. 31Chapter XX. All Is Well.
  32. 32The Butcher's Bills.
  33. 33Chapter I. Husband and Wife.
  34. 34Chapter II. An Astonishment.
  35. 35Chapter III. Another Astonishment.
  36. 36Chapter IV. What It Meant.
  37. 37Chapter V. What Came of It.
  38. 38Port in a Storm
  39. 39If I Had a Father.
  40. 40A Drama.
  41. 41Act II.
  42. 42Act III.
  43. 43Scene.—A garret-room. Mattie. Susan.
  44. 44Act IV.
  45. 45Scene.—The Studio.

About this edition

Author
George MacDonald
Language
English
Era
Modern (c. 1800–1945)
Reading level
Introductory: no background needed
Formats
EPUB, PDF
Length
179 pages
This edition
Modern Philosophers

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