George MacDonald

The Portent and Other Stories

First published
1864
Length
85,000 words, about 6 hours' reading

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A tale of the second sight in the Highlands, with six shorter stories.

Contents

  1. Title Page
  2. The Portent
    1. Chapter I. My Boyhood
    2. Chapter II. The Second Hearing
    3. Chapter III. My Old Nurses Story
    4. Chapter IV. Hilton Hall
    5. Chapter V. Lady Alice
    6. Chapter VI. My Quarters
    7. Chapter VII. The Library
    8. Chapter VIII. The Somnambulist
    9. Chapter IX. The First Waking
    10. Chapter X. Love and Power
    11. Chapter XI. A New Pupil
    12. Chapter XII. Confession
    13. Chapter XIII. Questioning
    14. Chapter XIV. Jealousy
    15. Chapter XV. The Chamber of Ghosts
    16. Chapter XVI. The Clanking Shoe
    17. Chapter XVII. The Physician
    18. Chapter XVIII. Old Friends
    19. Chapter XIX. Old Constancy
    20. Chapter XX. Margaret
    21. Chapter XXI. Hilton
    22. Chapter XXII. The Sleeper
    23. Chapter XXIII. My Old Room
    24. Chapter XXIV. Prison-Breaking
    25. Chapter XXV. New Entrenchments
    26. Chapter XXVI. Escape
    27. Chapter XXVII. Freedom
  3. The Cruel Painter
  4. The Castle
  5. The Wow O’riven
  6. The Broken Swords
  7. The Gray Wolf
  8. Uncle Cornelius his Story

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