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Lilith: A Romance

George MacDonald

  • Fantasy
  • Book language: English
  • 244 pages

Lilith: A Romance is a fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It follows Mr. Vane, who is drawn through a mirror into a dreamlike otherworld of strange encounters and spiritual trial. It is worth hearing for its imaginative allegory of death, conscience, and redemption.

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LILITH
By George MacDonald
CHAPTER I.   THE LIBRARY
CHAPTER II.   THE MIRROR
CHAPTER III.   THE RAVEN
CHAPTER IV.   SOMEWHERE OR NOWHERE?
CHAPTER V.   THE OLD CHURCH
CHAPTER VI.   THE SEXTON’S COTTAGE
CHAPTER VII.   THE CEMETERY
CHAPTER VIII.   MY FATHER’S MANUSCRIPT
CHAPTER IX.   I REPENT
CHAPTER X.   THE BAD BURROW
CHAPTER XI.   THE EVIL WOOD

CHAPTER XII.   FRIENDS AND FOES
CHAPTER XIII.   THE LITTLE ONES
CHAPTER XIV.   A CRISIS
CHAPTER XV.   A STRANGE HOSTESS
CHAPTER XVI.   A GRUESOME DANCE
CHAPTER XVII.   A GROTESQUE TRAGEDY
CHAPTER XVIII.   DEAD OR ALIVE?
CHAPTER XIX.   THE WHITE LEECH
CHAPTER XX.   GONE!—BUT HOW?
CHAPTER XXI.   THE FUGITIVE MOTHER
CHAPTER XXII.   BULIKA
CHAPTER XXIII.   A WOMAN OF BULIKA
CHAPTER XXIV.   THE WHITE LEOPARDESS
CHAPTER XXV.   THE PRINCESS
CHAPTER XXVI.   A BATTLE ROYAL
CHAPTER XXVII.   THE SILENT FOUNTAIN
CHAPTER XXVIII.   I AM SILENCED
CHAPTER XXIX.   THE PERSIAN CAT
CHAPTER XXX.   ADAM EXPLAINS
CHAPTER XXXI.   THE SEXTON’S OLD HORSE

CHAPTER XXXII.   THE LOVERS AND THE BAGS

CHAPTER XXXIII.   LONA’S NARRATIVE

CHAPTER XXXIV.   PREPARATION

Chapter XXXV.   THE LITTLE ONES IN BULIKA

CHAPTER XXXVI.   MOTHER AND DAUGHTER

CHAPTER XXXVII.   THE SHADOW

CHAPTER XXXVIII.     TO THE HOUSE OF BITTERNESS

CHAPTER XXXIX.   THAT NIGHT

CHAPTER XL.   THE HOUSE OF DEATH

CHAPTER XLI.   I AM SENT

CHAPTER XLII.   I SLEEP THE SLEEP

CHAPTER XLIII.   THE DREAMS THAT CAME

CHAPTER XLIV.   THE WAKING

CHAPTER XLV.   THE JOURNEY HOME

CHAPTER XLVI.   THE CITY

CHAPTER XLVII.   THE “ENDLESS ENDING”

I took a walk on Spaulding’s Farm the other afternoon. I saw the setting sun lighting up the opposite side of a stately pine wood. Its golden rays straggled into the aisles of the wood as into some noble

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Contents

  1. LILITH
  2. CHAPTER I. THE LIBRARY
  3. CHAPTER II. THE MIRROR
  4. CHAPTER III. THE RAVEN
  5. CHAPTER IV. SOMEWHERE OR NOWHERE?
  6. CHAPTER V. THE OLD CHURCH
  7. CHAPTER VI. THE SEXTON’S COTTAGE
  8. CHAPTER VII. THE CEMETERY
  9. CHAPTER VIII. MY FATHER’S MANUSCRIPT
  10. CHAPTER IX. I REPENT
  11. CHAPTER X. THE BAD BURROW
  12. CHAPTER XI. THE EVIL WOOD
  13. CHAPTER XII. FRIENDS AND FOES
  14. CHAPTER XIII. THE LITTLE ONES
  15. CHAPTER XIV. A CRISIS
  16. CHAPTER XV. A STRANGE HOSTESS
  17. CHAPTER XVI. A GRUESOME DANCE
  18. CHAPTER XVII. A GROTESQUE TRAGEDY
  19. CHAPTER XVIII. DEAD OR ALIVE?
  20. CHAPTER XIX. THE WHITE LEECH
  21. CHAPTER XX. GONE!—BUT HOW?
  22. CHAPTER XXI. THE FUGITIVE MOTHER
  23. CHAPTER XXII. BULIKA
  24. CHAPTER XXIII. A WOMAN OF BULIKA
  25. CHAPTER XXIV. THE WHITE LEOPARDESS
  26. CHAPTER XXV. THE PRINCESS
  27. CHAPTER XXVI. A BATTLE ROYAL
  28. CHAPTER XXVII. THE SILENT FOUNTAIN
  29. CHAPTER XXVIII. I AM SILENCED
  30. CHAPTER XXIX. THE PERSIAN CAT

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