George Macdonald

Gutta-Percha Willie (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of a Boy Genius, by the Man Who Inspired The Inklings
Illustrator: Hughes, Arthur

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Featuring eight full-page illustrations by Arthur Hughes

In the sleepy village of Priory Leas, young Willie Macmichael is a local favourite. Friendly with all around him, he spends much of his time with the aged, keeping them company and brightening their lives with his sunny presence. But Willie is as gifted as he is good, and with his hunger to learn, and a natural genius for invention, he can soon do more than ever for his kind: especially when Nature herself lends a hand, and caps all his efforts with a final flourish.

Gutta-Percha Willie, first published in 1873, is the second of George MacDonald's three realistic children's novels.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: The Room to Roam
• Seitenzahl: 349
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Oktober 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781917830300
• Artikelnr.: 75739762

Autorenporträt

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian Congregational clergyman. He established himself as a pioneering figure in modern fantasy writing and mentored fellow writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy stories, MacDonald wrote various works on Christian theology, including sermon collections. George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father, a farmer, descended from the Clan MacDonald of Glen Coe and was a direct descendant of one of the families killed in the 1692 massacre. MacDonald was raised in an exceptionally literary household: one of his maternal uncles was a renowned Celtic scholar, editor of the Gaelic Highland Dictionary, and collector of fairy stories and Celtic oral poetry. His paternal grandfather had helped to publish an edition of James Macpherson's Ossian, a contentious epic poem based on the Fenian Cycle of Celtic Mythology that contributed to the birth of European Romanticism. MacDonald's step-uncle was a Shakespeare scholar, while his paternal cousin was also a Celtic intellectual.