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David Elginbrod

by George MacDonald

Level C1 · AdvancedClassics77 chapters
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CEFR level
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Length
77 chapters
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About this book

About this book

In a humble Scottish cottage, David Elginbrod’s steadfast faith and quiet life intertwine with his daughter Meg’s restless wanderings through the fir-wood, where she seems drawn by an elusive hope or lost treasure just beyond reach.

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Contents

77 chapters in all. The first chapter is free to read with no account.

02BOOK I. TURRIEPUFFIT.
03CHAPTER I. THE FIR-WOOD.
04CHAPTER II. DAVID ELGINBROD AND THE NEW TUTOR.
05CHAPTER III. THE DAISY AND THE PRIMROSE.
06CHAPTER IV. THE COTTAGE.
07CHAPTER V. THE STUDENTS.
08CHAPTER VI. THE LAIRD’S LADY.
09CHAPTER VII. THE SECRET OF THE WOOD.
10CHAPTER VIII. A SUNDAY MORNING.
11CHAPTER IX. NATURE.
12CHAPTER X. HARVEST.

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