The Curate of Glaston [Paperback]

George MacDonald (Author), Michael R. Phillips (Editor)

Product Details

• Paperback
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (April 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764288865
• ISBN-13: 978-0764288869
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,711,712 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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59 of 71 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars This is NOT George MacDonald but a very bad abridgement, December 5, 2003

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"coreopsisz" (Northern Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Curate of Glaston (Paperback)

If you are really interested in reading George MacDonald, this is not the book for you. The text of the orignal book, "Thomas Wingfold Curate" on which this book is suppoedely based, is wildly tampered with, from the very first sentence of the novel. This is not George MacDonald at all. The editor has taken huge liberties with one of literature's great Christian authors. I would suggest that you find the original text of this book rather that reading this. It will be worth the search. It is much better than this abridgement, which doesn't even have the courage to call itself that.

20 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Three books under one cover, a treasure; don't miss this one, January 30, 2004

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This review is from: The Curate of Glaston (Paperback)

Michael Phillips is a superb editor of George MacDonald's books, in case you haven't discovered that. The first book is about a minister who doesn't know the Lord, but comes to it. He makes aquaintance of some surprising people who are dwarfs and they share their lives with him (and us)in a touching, incredible way; they really are at the heart of the story. Also in this is a wonderful, albiet difficult love of a sister for her brother that could be today, not the late 1800's, when it was written. Another is about a doctor and a beautiful woman. I read every Geroge MacDonald I can find, and this is one of the best.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars A shadow of the real thing., September 7, 2008

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Janet Means "Storyteller" (Phoenix AZ) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Curate of Glaston (Paperback)

If you really want to read this story then you will find a copy of "Thomas Wingfold" by George MacDonald. I can't imagine why anyone would want to read an edited version when the real thing is available. Check out the official George MacDonald website. Many of his works are available on line, I'm not sure about this one. George MacDonald was one of the great ones and his stories, novels, poems and spiritual writings hold up well, in spite of the Victorian language. It is worth the extra effort to read the real thing instead of its shadow.