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Two interwoven fairy tales follow two girls born at the same moment into contrasting stations—one to a royal household, the other to a shepherd family—each reared to believe herself Somebody. Lush, whimsical descriptions of golden rain, hail, and landscape frame episodes of desire, dissatisfaction, and parental misguidance as each child longs for what cannot be given. Encounters with cunning or supernatural figures, domestic mishaps, and the shifting scenes between courtly spectacle and rustic toil examine how upbringing, social expectation, and longing shape identity and fate.

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Title: A Double Story

Author: George MacDonald

Release date: May 1, 2004 [eBook #5676]
Most recently updated: April 8, 2021

Language: English

Credits: Charles Aldarondo. HTML version by Al Haines.

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A Double Story

by George MacDonald

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Contents

CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
CHAPTER X.
CHAPTER XI.
CHAPTER XII.
CHAPTER XIII.
CHAPTER XIV.