Mary Midthorne (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

McCutcheon, George Barr

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1331287405 ISBN 13: 9781331287407

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

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Excerpt from Mary Midthorne

Todville was what you might describe as a suburb of Corinth. It pleased the Corinthians to speak of it as a suburb when abroad in the land At home', in the bosom of the municipality, they failed' to regard Tod ville in the same charitable light. Among themselves, they looked upon the village with' considerable scorn and a great deal of aversion'. It was like a growth upon the smooth, placid countenance of Corinth.

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Excerpt from Mary Midthorne

The children of the place had their own name for the severely grey brick house that stood at the top of the hill overlooking the town. They called it "The Giant's Castle." Not because it was inhabited by a creature of unusual stature or one of prodigious strength, but because childish fancy is so prone to identify visible aspects with those inspired by the imagination. The house, profoundly insistent in its dominance of the youthful vision, was not far removed from that which their tender intellects were pleased to consider a fitting abode for certain stupendous personages whose acquaintance they had made, as have all other children whose education has not been stunted by cross and unfeeling parents, - through the medium of fairy books and weary nurse maids tales. Their small but vivid imaginations seized upon this prim and unusually peaceful abode as a perfect illustration of what an ogre's castle ought to be, and no amount of persuasion in the shape of realism could dull that impression until they outgrew the delights and fears of nursery literature.

The fact that two very small children lived in "The Giant's Castle," quite without fear of being devoured by the master thereof, militated not a whit against the juvenile fancy of Corinth-by-the-Sea, notwithstanding liberal playground and Sunday-school association.

The real occupants of the house were not taken into account.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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• Verlag: Forgotten Books
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1331287405
• ISBN 13: 9781331287407
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 452