Heather and Snow
George MacDonald
Read by 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)
Chapters
| A Runaway Race | 12:03 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Mother and Son | 6:25 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| At the Foot of the Horn | 21:32 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Dog-Steenie | 13:44 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Colonel and Sergeant | 4:24 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Man-Steenie | 12:49 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Corbyknowe | 11:07 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| David and His Daughter | 8:32 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| At Castle Weelset | 8:31 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| David and Francis | 16:05 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty and Phemy | 12:44 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| The Earth-House | 23:36 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| A Visit from Francis Gordon | 8:19 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Steenie's House | 21:27 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Phemy Craig | 7:06 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Sham Love | 8:27 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| A Novel Abduction | 22:52 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Phemy's Champion | 13:25 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Francis Gordon's Champion | 12:53 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Mutual Ministration | 12:28 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Phemy Yields Place | 14:53 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| The Horn | 24:14 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| The Storm Again | 8:09 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| How Kirsty Fared | 3:25 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty's Dream | 8:07 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| How David Fared | 4:56 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| How Marion Fared | 4:27 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Husband and Wife | 7:50 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| David, Marion, Kirsty, Snootie, and What Was Left of Steenie | 7:08 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| From Snow to Fire | 10:16 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty Shows Resentment | 5:15 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| In the Workshop | 3:07 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| A Race with Death | 7:11 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Back from the Grave | 7:00 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Francis Comes to Himself | 8:25 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty Bestirs Herself | 13:57 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| A Great Gulf | 17:16 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| The Neighbours | 14:07 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty Gives Advice | 8:38 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Mrs. Gordon | 6:45 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Two Horsewomen | 4:32 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| The Laird and His Mother | 4:49 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| The Coronation | 5:33 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty's Tocher | 1:53 | Read by Hannah Mary |
| Kirsty's Song | 2:50 | Read by Hannah Mary |
Reviews
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.
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!
debdeb
This was written and read in such thick brogue that it was too troublesome to make out. Gave up