Here's a collection of Scotland's Best Short Stories custom-made for your Kindle.
Included in this volume:
The Tapestried Chamber – by Sir Walter Scott
My Aunt Margaret's Mirror – by Sir Walter Scott
The Courting of T'Nowhead's Bell – by James M. Barrie
The Inconsiderate Waiter – by James M. Barrie
The Sire de Maletroit's Door – by Robert Louis Stevenson
Markheim – by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Body-Snatcher – by Robert Louis Stevenson
The Sea Fogs – by Robert Louis Stevenson
Thrawn Janet – by Robert Louis Stevenson
Cross Purposes – by George MacDonald
The Shadows – by George MacDonald
Far Above Rubies – by George MacDonald
Hermann The Irascible – by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
The Open Window – by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
Adrian – by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
The Dreamer – by H.H. Munro (SAKI)
Aboard the Galley – by Kenneth Grahame
The Lost Centaur – by Kenneth Grahame
Orion – by Kenneth Grahame
The Puzzle of Dickens's Last Plot – by Andrew Lang
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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