兰纳德-班纳曼的童年Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood

乔治-麦克唐纳主要以他的幻想作品和童话故事而闻名，如《在北风的背影》和《公主与妖精》。然而，在他的生活中，他是更著名的许多更现实的小说。.其中有些自传性的《拉纳德-班纳曼的童年》。

这个故事讲述了一个没有母亲的小男孩与他的兄弟们一起在苏格兰的庄园里成长的故事，充满了令人愉快的人物。有迷人的高地说书人Kirsty，有无畏的牧牛人Turkey，有邪恶的Kelpie，还有可爱的Elsie Duff。在曲折的逃亡和冒险过程中，Ranald从父亲那里学到了勇气和正直的重要教训。

1871年，当拉纳德-班纳曼的《童年》问世时，《纽约独立报》称赞它 "充满了甜蜜，充满了男孩的生活和真善美"。也许，但这也是一个好故事，出自讲故事的大师之手。

George MacDonald is mainly known for his fantasy works and fairy tales such as At the Back of the North Wind and The Princess and the Goblin. However, during his life he was more famous for many more realistic novels. . . among them the somewhat autobiographical Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood.

This story of a young motherless boy growing up with his brothers in a Scottish manse is full of delightful characters. There is Kirsty, an enchanting Highland storyteller, Turkey, the intrepid cowherd, the evil Kelpie, and the lovely Elsie Duff. Throughout the twists and turns of his escapades and adventures Ranald learns from his father the important lessons of courage and integrity.

When Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood came out in 1871 the New York Independent praised it as “full of sweetness, full of boy-life and true goodness”. Perhaps, but it is also a good story, from the master of storytellers.