Project Gutenberg 2005-07-01 Public domain in the USA. 77 MacDonald, George 1824 1905 The Seaboard Parish Volume 1 Produced by Charles Aldarondo, Charles Franks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team. HTML version by Al Haines. "The Seaboard Parish Volume 1" by George MacDonald is a novel likely written in the mid-19th century. The narrative seems to explore themes of faith, family, and the intersections of everyday life with deeper moral and spiritual insights through a reflective and conversational style. It is told from the perspective of a father, who contemplates his experiences as a clergyman while focusing on his relationships with his family, particularly his daughter Constance and her impending struggles. The opening of the book presents a reflective and somewhat philosophical introduction, where the narrator contemplates his role as a storyteller and a teacher. He addresses the reader as if they were his grandchildren, revealing his desire to convey authentic experiences woven with lessons learned from life. The chapters that follow introduce us to the protagonist's family dynamics, particularly the cherished relationship he shares with his daughter Constance, whose youthful innocence and growing awareness of life's complexities offer a poignant backdrop for the narrative. As anticipation builds around Constance’s birthday, moments of genuine dialogue between father and daughter highlight the care and challenges they face as a family, setting the emotional tone for the events that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Christian fiction Neighborhoods -- Scotland -- Fiction PR Text Category: Novels Category: British Literature 357530 2025-08-04T06:23:32.324959 text/html 356636 2014-03-29T10:45:12 text/html 214457 2025-08-04T06:23:39.554920 application/epub+zip 218337 2025-08-04T06:23:35.326940 application/epub+zip 204087 2025-08-04T06:23:34.104952 application/epub+zip 385611 2025-08-04T06:23:42.614924 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 373276 2025-08-04T06:23:38.779942 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336278 2022-09-04T10:58:20.219796 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340305 2025-08-04T06:23:31.807982 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 340037 2014-03-29T10:45:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18473 2025-08-04T06:23:42.745877 application/rdf+xml 14149 2025-08-04T06:23:34.603916 image/jpeg 3370 2025-08-04T06:23:34.347917 image/jpeg 131744 2014-03-29T10:47:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 129123 2014-03-29T10:47:32 application/octet-stream application/zip 212217 2025-08-04T06:23:32.354947 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia