Story of a father who could not be wiser or nobler, a daughter blossoming into true womanhood, and, especially, a young tutor. Written in 1863, this book gives a realistic glimpse of life in rural Scotland and London in the Victorian era. A clever mystery entwined in spiritualism and mesmerism lies at the heart of the story.
Like all MacDonald’s fiction, David Elginbrod conveys “profound spiritual wisdom in a well-written, compelling story” (Michael Phillips). An abridged version for the modern reader was published as The Tutor's First Love by Michael Phillips (Bethany House, 1984).
This “MacDonald-lover Edition”
**gives much additional proofing to the scanned text
**restores the original italics (important in reading MacDonald)
**trims occasional impossibly-thick phrases
**formats poetry and quotations (sets it apart as the original print edition did)
**converts chapter titles (from Roman numerals and all caps) and quotation marks (to typographic)
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