1890 GEORGE MACDONALD. A Rough Shaking. True Goodness in the Face of Tragedy. Revival Opposition

Opposition

though apparently the message had already been prepared

Discovering the Deep and Unsuspected Subtilty which is Couched under the Pretended Simplicity of many of the Principal Leaders of those People call'd Quakers

July 1844 to June 1845

here we find him thus shewing ym yt ye first Conversion to ye Gospel was by him

1890 GEORGE MACDONALD. A Rough Shaking. True Goodness in the Face of Tragedy. Revival OppositionA rather early and attractive imprint of one of MacDonald's most directly "pastoral" tales. MacDonald himself spent much time in Italy, which was deeply impacted by significant earthquakes in the late 19th century. Those events signal the beginning point of the story of recurring character, Clare, who has been displaced by the tragedy. Thus, the "rough shaking" is both literal and metaphorical. A Rough Shaking reprises two of MacDonalds favorite