David Elginbrod
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After a publishing hiatus of five years, MacDonald's first full-length Scottish adult novel appeared. Though a mere "story" (and romance at that) in the eyes of some, David Elginbrod was enormously successful and almost immediately catapulted MacDonald's career forward. Within a decade MacDonald was near the top echelon among British novelists. Though he would continue all his life to write and publish poetry, it would throughout the remainder of his lifetime be as a "Victorian novelist" that he would primarily be known to the reading public. It is in David Elginbrod that the character Robert ...
Chapters (111)
- DAVID ELGINBROD.
- And gladly wolde he lerne and gladly teche.—CHAUCER.
- BOOK I. TURRIEPUFFIT.
- CHAPTER I. THE FIR-WOOD.
- CHAPTER II. DAVID ELGINBROD AND THE NEW TUTOR.
- CHAPTER III. THE DAISY AND THE PRIMROSE.
- HENRY VAUGHAN.
- CHAPTER IV. THE COTTAGE.
- CHAPTER V. THE STUDENTS.
- CHAPTER VI. THE LAIRD’S LADY.
- CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET OF THE WOOD.
- HENRY VAUGHAN.
- CHAPTER VIII. A SUNDAY MORNING.
- CHAPTER IX. NATURE.
- CHAPTER X. HARVEST.
- CHAPTER XI. A CHANGE AND NO CHANGE.
- CHAPTER XII. CHARITY.
- Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up.
- CHAPTER XIII. HERALDRY.
- CHAPTER XIV. WINTER.
- CHAPTER XV. TRANSITION.
- RICHARD CRASHAW.
- “MY DEAR SIR,
- “DAVID ELGINBROD.
- “MARGARET ELGINBROD.”
- END OF THE FIRST BOOK.
- BOOK II. ARNSTEAD.
- The earth hath bubbles as the water has. MACBETH.—I.3
- CHAPTER I. A NEW HOME.
- A wise man’s home is whereso’er he’s wise.
- CHAPTER II. HARRY’S NEW HORSE.
- CHAPTER III. EUPHRASIA.
- CHAPTER IV. THE CAVE IN THE STRAW.
- CHAPTER V. LARCH AND OTHER HUNTING.
- CHAPTER VI. FATIMA.
- SHAKSPERE.
- CHAPTER VII. THE PICTURE GALLERY.
- CHAPTER VIII. NEST-BUILDING.
- CHAPTER IX. GEOGRAPHY POINT.
- CHAPTER X. ITALIAN.
- Per me si va nella città dolente. DANTE
- CHAPTER XI. THE FIRST MIDNIGHT.
- “MY DEAR MR. ARNOLD,
- “HANNAH ELTON.”
- CHAPTER XII. A SUNDAY.
- CHAPTER XIII. A STORM.
- CHAPTER XIV. AN EVENING LECTURE.
- CHAPTER XV. ANOTHER EVENING LECTURE.
- CHAPTER XVI. A NEW VISITOR AND AN OLD ACQUAINTANCE.
- CHAPTER XVII. MATERIALISM alias GHOST-HUNTING.
- HEINRICH HEINE
- CHAPTER XVIII. MORE MATERIALISM AND SOME SPIRITUALISM.
- CHAPTER XIX. THE GHOST’S WALK.
- CHAPTER XX. THE BAD MAN.
- CHAPTER XXI. SPIRIT VERSUS MATERIALISM.
- CHAPTER XXII. THE RING.
- CHAPTER XXIII. THE WAGER.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE LADY EUPHRASIA.
- CHAPTER XXV. NEXT MORNING.
- CHAPTER XXVI. AN ACCIDENT.
- There’s a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.
- CHAPTER XXVII. MORE TROUBLES.
- CHAPTER XXVIII. A BIRD’S-EYE VIEW.
- CHAPTER XXIX. HUGH’S AWAKING.
- CHAPTER XXX. CHANGES.
- CHAPTER XXXI. EXPLANATIONS.
- CHAPTER XXXII. DEPARTURE.
- END OF THE SECOND BOOK.
- BOOK III. LONDON.
- CHAPTER I. LODGINGS.
- CHAPTER II. LETTERS FOR THE POST.
- “HUGH SUTHERLAND.”
- “EUPHRASIA CAMERON.
- CHAPTER III. ENDEAVOURS.
- BURNS.
- CHAPTER IV. A LETTER FROM THE POST.
- “MARGARET ELGINBROD.”
- CHAPTER V. BEGINNINGS.
- CHAPTER VI. A SUNDAY’S DINNER.
- BURNS.
- CHAPTER VII. SUNDAY EVENING.
- CHAPTER VIII. EUPHRA.
- “HARRY ARNOLD.”
- CHAPTER IX. THE NEW PUPILS.
- CHAPTER X. CONSULTATIONS.
- Wo keine Götter sind, walten Gespenster.
- CHAPTER XI. QUESTIONS AND DREAMS.
- CHAPTER XII. A SUNDAY WITH FALCONER.
- SIR HENRY WOTTON.
- CHAPTER XIII. THE LADY’S-MAID.
- BURNS.
- GILES FLETCHER.
- CHAPTER XIV. DAVID ELGINBROD.
- He being dead yet speaketh.
- DR. DONNE.
- CHAPTER XV. MARGARET’S SECRET.
- CHAPTER XVI. FOREBODINGS.
- CHAPTER XVII. STRIFE.
- CHAPTER XVIII. VICTORY
- CHAPTER XIX. MARGARET.
- CHAPTER XX. A NEW GUIDE.
- CHAPTER XXI. THE LAST GROAT.
- SOUTHWELL.
- CHAPTER XXII. DEATH.
- DR. DONNE.
- CHAPTER XXIII. NATURE AND HER LADY.
- DR. DONNE.
- CHAPTER XXIV. THE FIR-WOOD AGAIN.
- THE END.
- FOOTNOTES:
- SCOTTISH WORDS
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