George MacDonald

There and Back

First published
1891
Length
170,000 words, about 12 hours' reading

Begin reading

A young bookbinder, a baronet’s secret, and the curate Thomas Wingfold again.

Contents

  1. Chapter I. Father, Child, and Nurse
  2. Chapter II. Stepmother and Nurse
  3. Chapter III. The Flight
  4. Chapter IV. The Bookbinder and his Pupil
  5. Chapter V. The Mansons
  6. Chapter VI. Simon Armour
  7. Chapter VII. Comparisons
  8. Chapter VIII. A Lost Shoe
  9. Chapter IX. A Holiday
  10. Chapter X. The Library
  11. Chapter XI. Alice
  12. Chapter XII. Mortgrange
  13. Chapter XIII. The Beech-Tree
  14. Chapter XIV. The Library
  15. Chapter XV. Barbara Wylder
  16. Chapter XVI. Barbara and Richard
  17. Chapter XVII. Barbara and Others
  18. Chapter XVIII. Mrs. Wylder
  19. Chapter XIX. Mrs. Wylder and Barbara
  20. Chapter XX. Barbara and her Critics
  21. Chapter XXI. The Parson's Parable
  22. Chapter XXII. The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
  23. Chapter XXIII. A Human Gadfly
  24. Chapter XXIV. Richard and Wingfold
  25. Chapter XXV. Wing Fold and his Wife
  26. Chapter XXVI. Richard and Alice
  27. Chapter XXVII. A Sister
  28. Chapter XXVIII. Barbara and Lady Ann
  29. Chapter XXIX. Alice and Barbara
  30. Chapter XXX. Barbara Thinks
  31. Chapter XXXI. Wingfold and Barbara
  32. Chapter XXXII. The Shoeing of Miss Brown
  33. Chapter XXXIII. Richard and Vixen
  34. Chapter XXXIV. Barbara's Duty
  35. Chapter XXXV. The Parson's Counsel
  36. Chapter XXXVI. Lady Ann Meditates
  37. Chapter XXXVII. Lady Ann and Richard
  38. Chapter XXXVIII. Richard and Arthur
  39. Chapter XXXIX. Mr., Mrs., and Miss Wylder
  40. Chapter XL. In London
  41. Chapter XLI. Nature and Supernature
  42. Chapter XLII. Yet a Lower Deep
  43. Chapter XLIII. To be Redeemed, One Must Redeem
  44. Chapter XLIV. A Door Opened in Heaven
  45. Chapter XLV. The Carriage
  46. Chapter XLVI. Richard's Dilemma
  47. Chapter XLVII. The Doors of Harmony and Death
  48. Chapter XLVIII. Death the Deliverer
  49. Chapter XLIX. The Cave in the Fire
  50. Chapter L. Duck-Fists
  51. Chapter LI. Baronet and Blacksmith
  52. Chapter LII. Uncle-Father and Aunt-Mother
  53. Chapter LIII. Morning
  54. Chapter LIV. Barbara at Home
  55. Chapter LV. Miss Brown
  56. Chapter LVI. Wingfold and Barbara
  57. Chapter LVII. The Baronet's Will
  58. Chapter LVIII. The Heir
  59. Chapter LIX. Wingfold and Arthur Manson
  60. Chapter LX. Richard and his Family
  61. Chapter LXI. Heart to Heart
  62. Chapter LXII. The Quarrel
  63. Chapter LXIII. Baronet and Blacksmith
  64. Chapter LXIV. The Baronet's Funeral
  65. Chapter LXV. The Packet
  66. Chapter LXVI. Barbara's Dream

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