George MacDonald

The Flight of the Shadow

First published
1891
Length
66,000 words, about 5 hours' reading

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A young woman’s own story of a family shadow.

Contents

  1. Chapter I. Mrs. Day Begins the Story
  2. Chapter II. Miss Martha Moon
  3. Chapter III. My Uncle
  4. Chapter IV. My Uncle's Room, and My Uncle in it
  5. Chapter V. My First Secret
  6. Chapter VI. I Lose Myself
  7. Chapter VII. The Mirror
  8. Chapter VIII. Thanatos and Zoe
  9. Chapter IX. The Garden
  10. Chapter X. Once More a Secret
  11. Chapter XI. The Mole Burrows
  12. Chapter XII. A Letter
  13. Chapter XIII. Old Love and New
  14. Chapter XIV. Mother and Uncle
  15. Chapter XV. The Time between
  16. Chapter XVI. Fault and No Fault
  17. Chapter XVII. The Summons
  18. Chapter XVIII. John Sees Something
  19. Chapter XIX. John is Taken Ill
  20. Chapter XX. A Strange Visit
  21. Chapter XXI. A Foiled Attempt
  22. Chapter XXII. John Recalls and Remembers
  23. Chapter XXIII. Letter and Answer
  24. Chapter XXIV. Hand to Hand
  25. Chapter XXV. A Very Strange Thing
  26. Chapter XXVI. The Evil Draws Nigher
  27. Chapter XXVII. An Encounter
  28. Chapter XXVIII. Another Vision
  29. Chapter XXIX. Mother and Son
  30. Chapter XXX. Once More, and Yet Again
  31. Chapter XXXI. My Uncle Comes Home
  32. Chapter XXXII. Twice Two is One
  33. Chapter XXXIII. Half One is One
  34. Chapter XXXIV. The Story of My Twin Uncles
  35. Chapter XXXV. Uncle Edmund's Appendix
  36. Chapter XXXVI. The End of the First Volume

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