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Cargando... Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands (George Macdonald Classics for Young Readers)por George MacDonald
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After the death of his titled but penniless father, a mute young boy in nineteenth-century Scotland finds himself a witness to a violent murder and flees the city in hopes of discovering a new life in the Highlands. No se han encontrado descripciones de biblioteca. |
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This volume is a further abridged and edited version of an abridged and edited version of MacDonald's original (as the editor says, no one today is going to read a 400 page novel written in heavy Scots dialect).
I had hoped to give this to my grandchildren, but the story is an odd conjunction of inspirational characters (who would be far too "sweet" for today's youth but might pass muster with naïve younger children), and sordid situations of adult life (drunkenness, violence, class snobbery, hypocrisy) more suitable for juniors or teens - who would totally not accept the saccharinity.
For adults interested in MacDonald, the book is okay, but it is not going to be a big "draw" for young readers. ( )