Heather and Snow
George MacDonald
Lu par Hannah Mary
Set in the barren lowlands of Scotland with a small cast of characters, both lives and landscape are vividly portrayed and masterfully intertwined. Through the years, a retired soldier and his daughter do their best to care for a weak-minded, large-souled boy and a headstrong, wayward young landlord.
Though one of MacDonald's somewhat gothic-style novels, even the darker portions are shot through with gleams of hope and love for "The Bonny Man" (Jesus). - Summary by HannahMary (7 hr 43 min)
Chapitres
| A Runaway Race | 12:03 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Mother and Son | 6:25 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| At the Foot of the Horn | 21:32 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Dog-Steenie | 13:44 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Colonel and Sergeant | 4:24 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Man-Steenie | 12:49 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Corbyknowe | 11:07 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| David and His Daughter | 8:32 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| At Castle Weelset | 8:31 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| David and Francis | 16:05 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty and Phemy | 12:44 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| The Earth-House | 23:36 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| A Visit from Francis Gordon | 8:19 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Steenie's House | 21:27 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Phemy Craig | 7:06 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Sham Love | 8:27 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| A Novel Abduction | 22:52 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Phemy's Champion | 13:25 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Francis Gordon's Champion | 12:53 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Mutual Ministration | 12:28 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Phemy Yields Place | 14:53 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| The Horn | 24:14 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| The Storm Again | 8:09 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| How Kirsty Fared | 3:25 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty's Dream | 8:07 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| How David Fared | 4:56 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| How Marion Fared | 4:27 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Husband and Wife | 7:50 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| David, Marion, Kirsty, Snootie, and What Was Left of Steenie | 7:08 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| From Snow to Fire | 10:16 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty Shows Resentment | 5:15 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| In the Workshop | 3:07 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| A Race with Death | 7:11 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Back from the Grave | 7:00 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Francis Comes to Himself | 8:25 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty Bestirs Herself | 13:57 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| A Great Gulf | 17:16 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| The Neighbours | 14:07 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty Gives Advice | 8:38 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Mrs. Gordon | 6:45 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Two Horsewomen | 4:32 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| The Laird and His Mother | 4:49 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| The Coronation | 5:33 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty's Tocher | 1:53 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty's Song | 2:50 | Lu par Hannah Mary |
Critiques
Lovely!
Luella
What a sweet tale, and so sweetly read! The Scots dialect is so well done! It is rather hard to understand sometimes, but I love it anyway and almost always can get the gist of it. (Having read 'Kidnapped' some years ago really helped :) This is my first of MacDonald's, and I am excited to try more. The characters felt so authentic and close. I especially felt a strange attraction for Steenie: his simple yet profound faith was so refreshing.
debdeb
This was written and read in such thick brogue that it was too troublesome to make out. Gave up
Enjoyed this!
bookworm
This was very well read. I had some difficulty understanding the dialect at first, but I got the book on my Kindle, too, so I could follow along at times, and seeing the words and names in print helped a lot. At the end of the book in Kindle, there's an explanation of what was happening in the world at the time the book was written, of various wars and the beginning of different church groups. All quite thought provoking, thank you!