Malcolm (Translated): Scots-English Edition

Malcolm (Translated): Scots-English Edition - Hardcover

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Malcolm (Translated): Scots-English Edition

Malcolm (Translated): Scots-English Edition - Hardcover

by George MacDonald
$50.33
Sale price  $50.33 Regular price 

Book Overview

**Featuring English translations of all Scots dialogue side-by-side with the original text

**Introduction by Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis

**Translator's preface by David Jack

**Original illustrations by Carrie Stout

Malcolm, first published in 1875, is unique among MacDonald's novels, in that its setting-and consequently its language-savours more than any other of his native northeast of Scotland. It also features his most carefully constructed plot (centring around the identity of his young fisherman-hero) and one of his most colourful casts of characters. Since the entire tale unfolds in the small coastal village of "Portlossie," the author has been able to create, at least for the non-Scottish reader, the feeling of a world set apart: but the sheer grandeur of the tale, its deep-laid plots, and its deeper humanity and truth, will have an appeal not merely local but universal.

In his preface to the Scots/English edition, translator David Jack stresses the importance of the author's native Doric, hailing Malcolm as "a feast of language" and "a unique chance to luxuriate." The story's fisherman-hero he identifies as one of MacDonald's most vivid types of Christ: a young man with a passion both for service and adventure, who worthily bears the name of Scotland's ancient kings.

ISBN9781738531462
Author George MacDonald
PublisherRoom to Roam
GenreLiterature
FormatHardcover
PublishedApril 2025
LanguageENG- English
Pages584
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About George MacDonald

George MacDonald (1824 1905) is well known for writing fantasy and fairy tales that have inspired notable authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden, Madeleine L Engle, G. K. Chesterton, Elizabeth Yates, Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis. The Scottish author once served as pastor of Trinity Congregational Church, Arundel, and later was also engaged in ministerial work in Manchester. He eventually settled in London and taught at the University of London, and lectured successfully in the United States during 1872 1873. MacDonald was also editor of "Good Words for the Young" for a time."

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