Highlands, Clans & Dudelsäcke - das ist Schottland; schroffe Berge, in kalten Nebel gehüllt, und pittoreske Fischerkaten, die sich an zerfurchte Küsten ducken - das ist die Kulisse; eine bezaubernde Lady und ein junger Fischer, ein uriger "Clansman" und ein nobler Marquis - das sind die Helden; Romantik, Geheimnis & Spannung, eine ruchlose Verschwörung und ein dramatischer Kampf um Wahrheit - das ist der Stoff, aus dem MacDonald einen stimmungsvollen Roman gewoben hat. Lassen Sie sich entführen in das wilde Land der Schotten, Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts!
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.
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