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There & Back

George MacDonald

The story revolves around Sir Wilton Lestrange, a baronet who has married a woman of unknown origins, Lady Lestrange, and explores their relationship and the complexities surrounding their family life, especially with their child, Richard Lestrange.

"There & Back" by George MacDonald is a novel. The story revolves around Sir Wilton Lestrange, a baronet who has married a woman of unknown origins, Lady Lestrange, and explores their relationship and the complexities surrounding their family life, especially with their child, Richard Lestrange.

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She read until every sound had died in the house, every sound from garret to cellar, except the ticking of clock, and the tinkling cracks of sinking fires and cooling grates. In the regnant silence she rose, laid aside her book, softly opened the door, and stepped as softly into the narrow passage. A moment or two she listened, then stole on tiptoe to the main corridor, and again listened. She went next to the head of the great stair, and once more stood and listened. Then she crept down to the drawing-room, saw that there was no light in the library, billiard-room, or smoking-room, and with stealthy feet returned to the nursery. There she closed the door she had left open, and took the child. He lay in her arms like one dead. She removed everything he wore, and dressed him in the garments which for the last fortnight she had been making for him from clothes of her own. When she had done, he looked like any cottager's child; there was nothing in his face to contradict his attire. She regarded the result for a moment with a triumph of satisfaction, laid him down, and proceeded to put away the clothes he had worn.

Contents

  1. 01Note.
  2. 02Chapter I. Father, Child, and Nurse.
  3. 03Chapter II. Stepmother and Nurse.
  4. 04Chapter III. The Flight.
  5. 05Chapter IV. The Bookbinder and His Pupil.
  6. 06Chapter V. The Mansons.
  7. 07Chapter VI. Simon Armour.
  8. 08Chapter VII. Comparisons.
  9. 09Chapter VIII. A Lost Shoe.
  10. 10Chapter IX. A Holiday.
  11. 11Chapter X. The Library.
  12. 12Chapter XI. Alice.
  13. 13Chapter XII. Mortgrange.
  14. 14Chapter XIII. The Beech-Tree.
  15. 15Chapter XIV. The Library.
  16. 16Chapter XV. Barbara Wylder.
  17. 17Chapter XVI. Barbara and Richard.
  18. 18Chapter XVII. Barbara and Others.
  19. 19Chapter XVIII. Mrs. Wylder.
  20. 20Chapter XIX. Mrs. Wylder and Barbara.
  21. 21Chapter XX. Barbara and Her Critics.
  22. 22Chapter XXI. The Parson's Parable.
  23. 23Chapter XXII. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.
  24. 24Chapter XXIII. A Human Gadfly.
  25. 25Chapter XXIV. Richard and Wingfold.
  26. 26Chapter XXV. Wing Fold and His Wife.
  27. 27Chapter XXVI. Richard and Alice.
  28. 28Chapter XXVII. A Sister.
  29. 29Chapter XXVIII. Barbara and Lady Ann.
  30. 30Chapter XXIX. Alice and Barbara.
  31. 31Chapter XXX. Barbara Thinks.
  32. 32Chapter XXXI. Wingfold and Barbara.
  33. 33Dr. Doddridge's Dog.
  34. 34Chapter XXXII. The Shoeing of Miss Brown.
  35. 35Chapter XXXIII. Richard and Vixen.
  36. 36Chapter XXXIV. Barbara's Duty.
  37. 37Chapter XXXV. The Parson's Counsel.
  38. 38Chapter XXXVI. Lady Ann Meditates.
  39. 39Chapter XXXVII. Lady Ann and Richard.
  40. 40Chapter XXXVIII. Richard and Arthur.
  41. 41Chapter XXXIX. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wylder.
  42. 42Chapter XL. In London
  43. 43Chapter XLI. Nature and Supernature.
  44. 44Chapter XLII. Yet a Lower Deep.
  45. 45Chapter XLIII. To Be Redeemed, One Must Redeem.
  46. 46Chapter XLIV. A Door Opened in Heaven.
  47. 47Chapter XLV. The Carriage.
  48. 48Chapter XLVI. Richard's Dilemma.
  49. 49Chapter XLVII. The Doors of Harmony and Death.
  50. 50That night Richard could not rest. His brain wrought unceasingly.
  51. 51Chapter XLVIII. Death the Deliverer.
  52. 52Chapter XLIX. The Cave in the Fire.
  53. 53Chapter L. Duck-Fists.
  54. 54Chapter LI. Baronet and Blacksmith.
  55. 55Chapter LII. Uncle-Father and Aunt-Mother.
  56. 56Chapter LIII. Morning.
  57. 57Chapter LIV. Barbara at Home.
  58. 58Chapter LV. Miss Brown.
  59. 59Chapter LVI. Wingfold and Barbara.
  60. 60Chapter LVII. The Baronet's Will.

About this edition

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

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