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Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood
George MacDonald
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This story of a young motherless boy growing up with his brothers in a Scottish manse is full of delightful characters. There is Kirsty, an enchanting Highland storyteller, Turkey, the intrepid cowherd, the evil Kelpie, and the lovely Elsie Duff. Throughout the twists and turns of his escapades and adventures Ranald learns from his father the important lessons of courage and integrity.
When Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood came out in 1871 the New York Independent praised it as “full of sweetness, full of boy-life and true goodness”. Perhaps, but it is also a good story, from the master of storytellers.
This story of a young motherless boy growing up with his brothers in a Scottish manse is full of delightful characters. There is Kirsty, an enchanting Highland storyteller, Turkey, the intrepid cowherd, the evil Kelpie, and the lovely Elsie Duff. Throughout the twists and turns of his escapades and adventures Ranald learns from his father the important lessons of courage and integrity.
When Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood came out in 1871 the New York Independent praised it as “full of sweetness, full of boy-life and true goodness”. Perhaps, but it is also a good story, from the master of storytellers.
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George MacDonald, Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood
“For my part, I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.” (The Fantastic Imagination)
There are few authors who approach Jesus’ valuation of children and the childlike spirit so closely as George MacDonal
This was an interesting portrait of life way back when; if this novel is autobiographical, it kind of made me feel bad for the author, as it sounds like he had a rough life.
This is the story of a boy growing up in rural Scotland. It arcs through Ranald Bannerman's entire boyhood right up to the precise moment he knew it had ended. While the focus is certainly on the life of Ranald himself, and involves many different characters and adventures, I take it primarily as a
An enjoyable, leisure read
The third book by Macdonald I have read and it was a worthwhile read. Unpredictable, yet mellow. A book you can put down and then come back to later without losing anything. Full of profound descriptions scattered through of how a soul and conscience grows up, surrounded by
George MacDonald is the best. How on earth can one man write so many unerringly GOOD stories?
Read this to the kids. It was great because it was an atypical "adventure/coming of age" story looking at the relatively uneventful development of a young boy into a young man in 19th century Scotland. The adventure was just that of a life lived with its small-scale and particularized beauty and com
Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood by George MacDonald. First published in 1871.
My heart always ends up totally immersed in the lives of MacDonald’s characters, causing me to think about them long after the book is over. It was delightful to cavort with Ranald through the fields and lanes of his spirited bo