A Rough Shaking (Digital Original) (The Cullen Collection #31)
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- Synopsis
- The 19th-century Scottish author delivers a novel of a homeless orphan who finds peace in the company of animals and his own innate goodness. One of George MacDonald&’s realistic novels, A Rough Shaking takes its title from a devastating earthquake that hit along the Italian coast in February of 1887. Though not written in the classic mold of a children&’s story, like MacDonald&’s Ranald Bannerman&’s Boyhood and Gutta Percha Willie, it tells the story of Clare Skymer&’s growing up. Orphaned by an earthquake and though seemingly unaware of God, he is a child imbued with goodness and with an unusual empathy for animals. As he wanders the world and is faced with decisions that test his selflessness and compassion, he matures into a man of character and grace. As MacDonald writes, &“His soul was in a better home than a sky full of angels, a home better than the dome itself of all the angels, for his home was his father&’s heart.&”
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 335 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780795352058
- Publisher:
- RosettaBooks
- Date of Addition:
- 09/17/23
- Copyrighted By:
- RosettaBooks
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Literature and Fiction, Religion and Spirituality
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- Michael Phillips