Citation: George MacDonald, The Vicar’s Daughter: An Autobiographical Story (London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872).
The Vicar’s daughter: an autobiographical story. By George MacDonald, LL.D. London: Tinsley Brothers, 1872.
8vo
- vol. I., pp. vi + 290
- vol. IL, pp. vi + 289 + (1)
- vol. III., pp. viii + 325 + (3)
MacDonald got £1000 for it from Strahan, the final payment of £100 being dated Aug. 2, 1872. MacDonald corrected the proofs in the train while going on a visit to Huntly and Cullen.
The novel was reviewed in The Athenaeum (Aug. 10, 1872: p. 175) which declared that the parables were “dark and unintelligible.”
Dr. Greville MacDonald says (“ George MacDonald,” p. 361) that one disappointed contributor (“ of honourable repute “) to Good Words for the Young “revenged himself in a leading review by a bitter attack ” on the story.
The character of Lady Bernard in the novel is a life-like portrait of Lady Byron, who was a good friend to MacDonald.
The end of the novel was as MacDonald says “ lugged ” from him when he was visiting Cullen and Huntly in May, 1872 (Greville MacDonald’s “George MacDonald,” p. 418).
- 1871. Published by Roberts Brothers, Boston: 12mo, pp. vi + 389, with six plates (New York Pub. Lib.).
- 1872. Published as vols. 1249 and 1250 of Tauchnitz’s “ Collection of British Authors,” Leipzig: pp, 303 and 312.
- 1879. Published in Munro’s Seaside Library, New York.
- 1881. Published by Sampson Low; 8vo, pp. viii + 375 + (1).
- 1893. Published by Sampson Low, with a frontispiece heliogravure of Elliott & Fry’s portrait, done by Lemercier, Paris.
- 1902. Published by R. E. King & Co., London: price 6d.
- 1905. Published by Newnes: 8vo, pp. 384: price 2s. 6d.
- 1908. Published from the Newnes plates by Edwin Dalton : price 3s. 6d.
- N.D. Published by McKay, Philadelphia.
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