George MacDonald
Hardcover | Pages: 307 pages Rating: 4.29 | 1479 Users | 123 Reviews
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| Original Title: | Sir Gibbie |
| ISBN: | 1406923397 (ISBN13: 9781406923391) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Sir Gibbie #1 |
| Setting: | Highlands, Scotland |
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Follow Sir Gibbie on his adventures through the moors of Scotland's Highlands more than a century ago. Having no mother and an alcoholic father, Gibbie must survive on the streets as a child unable to read or speak. See how this boy wins the hearts of his neighbors and offers what little he has to help others. Sir Gibbie teaches adults and children alike about the ability to sacrifice self, and to strive for a world more honest and pure than our own.Present Of Books Sir Gibbie (Sir Gibbie #1)
| Title | : | Sir Gibbie (Sir Gibbie #1) |
| Author | : | George MacDonald |
| Book Format | : | Hardcover |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 307 pages |
| Published | : | Great Christian Novels 17 books — 10 voters Christian Reader, You Must Read This!! 291 books — 106 voters |
| Categories | : | Fiction. Classics. Christian. Historical. Historical Fiction. Christian Fiction |
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Ratings: 4.29 From 1479 Users | 123 ReviewsJudge Of Books Sir Gibbie (Sir Gibbie #1)
MacDonald is my favorite author, and he rarely disappoints. I can be a very critical personality, but MacDonald is the one author I have grown to trust almost implicitly. I always learn from him, and he always refreshes my vision and power to see beauty in the world. He makes me feel like he can actually makes sense of the cosmos, and does a better job than Ive EVER witnessed of integrating the sorrow and pain of life into a worldview in which life would be less without the presence of sufferingIn The Baronet's Song, MacDonald grants us a vision of a neglected Scottish waif. Born a mute city urchin to a drunken cobbler with an empty title, Gibbie ekes out his existence through the charity of kind hearted people about town. When his father dies, circumstances drive him to the country and an uncertain future.Wee Sir Gibbie's innocence and purity as a child and as an adult are striking. Those traits stuck with me as an underlying current through the entire read and after I put the book
This is a children's version of Sir Gibbie, edited and condensed by Michael Phillips. It's easy to read and understand... And a wonderful depiction of God's love to EVERYONE. I found this book in an antique store in Chestertown 1 year ago and instantly became addicted to reading George MacDonald's books. They are a welcome change from the fluff found in most fiction and fantasy novels. I'm still addicted. :->
I don't consider sitting down and writing a review of a book that was finished less than half an hour ago the wisest of moves. Almost any work deserves more reflection than that teensy period of time allows, and "Sir Gibbie" certainly does. Here I am, though. The works of George MacDonald (whether fiction or non) tend to inject life and light directly into my soul whenever I read them. They provide, in my eyes, the most glorious expositions of truth and beauty. In "Sir Gibbie" I found almost
For about the first half of this book I kept switching back and forth between the original version (Sir Gibbie) and the version edited by Michael Phillips (The Baronet's Song). I then switched to the edited version to finish it while I was on vacation. I do think that Michael Phillips did a good job of editing and his versions would be great for those who like to quickly devour inspirational fiction. He basically translated the dialect and cut out a lot of the moral ramblings and long
I read this book over and over. George MacDonald is one of my favorite writers. The one thing that prevented his writing from being widely distributed is that he wrote in Scottish brogue, so it's incredibly difficult to get through. This edition (given a different title than his origninal title, Sir Gibbie, a 1927 edition on my bookshelf, has been marketed to the young adult audience, but my husband and I both agree it is the best story we have ever read. We read it aloud together four years
SIR GIBBIE "tells the enchanting story of....a seemingly destitute orphan, whose life - thought he is unable to speak - communicates truth, innocent love, and goodness." I especially love this version of the book because it is not edited at all, so the full color and the rich colloquialisms of the Scottish Highlands come through. You may have trouble at first trying to decipher what words such as cantrip, gowan, tarn, and hirsute refer to, but before long, you'll find yourself understanding
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