George MacDonald

Wilfrid Cumbermede

First published
1871 (and 1872)
Length
167,000 words, about 12 hours' reading

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An orphan’s own story of his boyhood, a lost sword, and a long-hidden wrong.

Contents

  1. Introduction
  2. Chapter I. Where I Find Myself
  3. Chapter II. My Uncle and Aunt
  4. Chapter III. At the Top of the Chimney-Stair
  5. Chapter IV. The Pendulum
  6. Chapter V. I Have Lessons
  7. Chapter VI. I Cobble
  8. Chapter VII. The Sword on the Wall
  9. Chapter VIII. I Go to School, and Grannie Leaves it
  10. Chapter IX. I Sin and Repent
  11. Chapter X. I Build Castles
  12. Chapter XI. A Talk with My Uncle
  13. Chapter XII. The House-Steward
  14. Chapter XIII. The Leads
  15. Chapter XIV. The Ghost
  16. Chapter XV. Away
  17. Chapter XVI. The Ice-Cave
  18. Chapter XVII. Among the Mountains
  19. Chapter XVIII. Again the Ice-Cave
  20. Chapter XIX. Charley Nurses Me
  21. Chapter XX. A Dream
  22. Chapter XXI. The Frozen Stream
  23. Chapter XXII. An Explosion
  24. Chapter XXIII. Only a Link
  25. Chapter XXIV. Charley at Oxford
  26. Chapter XXV. My White Mare
  27. Chapter XXVI. A Riding Lesson
  28. Chapter XXVII. A Disappointment
  29. Chapter XXVIII. In London
  30. Chapter XXIX. Changes
  31. Chapter XXX. Proposals
  32. Chapter XXXI. Arrangements
  33. Chapter XXXII. Preparations
  34. Chapter XXXIII. Assistance
  35. Chapter XXXIV. An Expostulation
  36. Chapter XXXV. A Talk with Charley
  37. Chapter XXXVI. Tapestry
  38. Chapter XXXVII. The Old Chest
  39. Chapter XXXVIII. Mary Osborne
  40. Chapter XXXIX. A Storm
  41. Chapter XL. A Dream
  42. Chapter XLI. A Waking
  43. Chapter XLII. A Talk About Suicide
  44. Chapter XLIII. The Sword in the Scale
  45. Chapter XLIV. I Part with My Sword
  46. Chapter XLV. Umberden Church
  47. Chapter XLVI. My Folio
  48. Chapter XLVII. The Letters and Their Story
  49. Chapter XLVIII. Only a Link
  50. Chapter XLIX. A Disclosure
  51. Chapter L. The Dates
  52. Chapter LI. Charley and Clara
  53. Chapter LII. Lilith Meets with a Misfortune
  54. Chapter LIII. Too Late
  55. Chapter LIV. Isolation
  56. Chapter LV. Attempts and Coincidences
  57. Chapter LVI. The Last Vision
  58. Chapter LVII. Another Dream
  59. Chapter LVIII. The Darkest Hour
  60. Chapter LIX. The Dawn
  61. Chapter LX. My Great-Grandmother
  62. Chapter LXI. The Parish Register
  63. Chapter LXII. A Foolish Triumph
  64. Chapter LXIII. A Collision
  65. Chapter LXIV. Yet Once
  66. Chapter LXV. Conclusion

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