George MacDonald

Stephen Archer and Other Tales

First published
1882 (as The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales)
Length
80,000 words, about 6 hours' reading

Begin reading

Shorter tales, among them the fairy story of Photogen and Nycteris.

Contents

    1. By George Macdonald
  1. Stephen Archer
    1. The Gifts of the Child Christ
    2. Chapter I
    3. Chapter II
    4. Chapter III
    5. Chapter IV
    6. Chapter V
    7. Chapter VI
    8. Chapter VII
  2. The History of Photogen and Nycteris
    1. Chapter I. Watho
    2. Chapter II. Aurora
    3. Chapter III. Vesper
    4. Chapter IV. Photogen
    5. Chapter V. Nycteris
    6. Chapter VI. How Photogen Grew
    7. Chapter VII. How Nycteris Grew
    8. Chapter VIII. The Lamp
    9. Chapter IX. Out
    10. Chapter X. The Great Lamp
    11. Chapter XI. The Sunset
    12. Chapter XII. The Garden
    13. Chapter XIII. Something Quite New
    14. Chapter XIV. The Sun
    15. Chapter XV. The Coward Hero
    16. Chapter XVI. An Evil Nurse
    17. Chapter XVII. Watho's Wolf
    18. Chapter XVIII. Refuge
    19. Chapter XIX. The Werewolf
    20. Chapter XX. All is Well
  3. The Butcher's Bills
    1. Chapter I. Husband and Wife
    2. Chapter II. An Astonishment
    3. Chapter III. Another Astonishment
    4. Chapter IV. What it Meant
    5. Chapter V. What Came of it
  4. Port in a Storm
  5. If I Had a Father
    1. Act II
    2. Act III
    3. Act IV

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