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The Flight of the Shadow
The narrative unfolds through the perspective of a young girl named Orbie, who is raised by her uncle and significant figures like Miss Martha Moon.
"The Flight of the Shadow" by George MacDonald is a novel. The narrative unfolds through the perspective of a young girl named Orbie, who is raised by her uncle and significant figures like Miss Martha Moon.
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I am old, else, I think, I should not have the courage to tell the story I am going to tell. All those concerned in it about whose feelings I am careful, are gone where, thank God, there are no secrets! If they know what I am doing, I know they do not mind. If they were alive to read as I record, they might perhaps now and again look a little paler and wish the leaf turned, but to see the things set down would not make them unhappy: they do not love secrecy. Half the misery in the world comes from trying to look, instead of trying to be, what one is not. I would that not God only but all good men and women might see me through and through. They would not be pleased with everything they saw, but then neither am I, and I would have no coals of fire in my soul's pockets! But my very nature would shudder at the thought of letting one person that loved a secret see into it. Such a one never sees things as they are—would not indeed see what was there, but something shaped and coloured after his own likeness. No one who loves and chooses a secret can be of the pure in heart that shall see God.
Contents
- 01The Flight of the Shadow.
- 02Chapter I. Mrs. Day Begins the Story.
- 03Chapter II. Miss Martha Moon.
- 04Chapter III. My Uncle.
- 05Chapter IV. My Uncle's Room, and My Uncle in It.
- 06Chapter V. My First Secret.
- 07Chapter VI. I Lose Myself.
- 08Chapter VII. The Mirror.
- 09Chapter VIII. Thanatos and Zoe
- 10Chapter IX. The Garden.
- 11Chapter X. Once More a Secret.
- 12Chapter XI. The Mole Burrows.
- 13Chapter XII. A Letter.
- 14Chapter XIII. Old Love and New.
- 15Chapter XIV. Mother and Uncle.
- 16Chapter XV. The Time Between.
- 17Chapter XVI. Fault and No Fault.
- 18Chapter XVII. The Summons.
- 19Chapter XVIII. John Sees Something.
- 20Chapter XIX. John Is Taken Ill.
- 21Chapter XX. A Strange Visit.
- 22Chapter XXI. A Foiled Attempt.
- 23Chapter XXII. John Recalls and Remembers.
- 24Chapter XXIII. Letter and Answer.
- 25Chapter XXIV. Hand to Hand.
- 26Chapter XXV. A Very Strange Thing.
- 27Chapter XXVI. The Evil Draws Nigher.
- 28Chapter XXVII. An Encounter.
- 29Chapter XXVIII. Another Vision.
- 30Chapter XXIX. Mother and Son.
- 31Chapter XXX. Once More, and Yet Again.
- 32Chapter XXXI. My Uncle Comes Home.
- 33Chapter XXXII. Twice Two Is One.
- 34Chapter XXXIII. Half One Is One.
- 35Chapter XXXIV. The Story of My Twin Uncles.
- 36Chapter XXXV. Uncle Edmund's Appendix.
- 37Chapter XXXVI. The End of the First Volume.
- 38Here Lie the Disused Garments of Edward and Edmund Whichcote,
- 39Born Feb. 29, 1804;
- 40Died June 30, and
- 41July 28, 1864.
- 42They Are Not Here; They Are Risen.
About this edition
- Author
- George MacDonald
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 186 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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