The Marquis Of Lossie - George Macdonald - Bog

The Marquis of Lossie is a novel by George MacDonald, first published in 1877. The story follows the life of Cosmo Warlock, the Marquis of Lossie, who is the heir to a Scottish estate. Cosmo is a young man with a troubled past, having been abandoned by his father and raised by his grandfather, who was a notorious gambler. Despite his difficult upbringing, Cosmo is a kind and generous person, beloved by all who know him.As the story unfolds, Cosmo finds himself embroiled in a number of romantic entanglements, including a love affair with a beautiful young woman named Lady Joan, who is engaged to another man. Along the way, he also discovers a dark family secret that threatens to destroy his reputation and his future.The Marquis of Lossie is a classic tale of love, betrayal, and redemption set against the backdrop of Scotland's rugged coast. MacDonald's vivid descriptions of the landscape and the characters make this a timeless work of literature that is sure to captivate readers of all ages.And so the young earl held his head high, looked as innocent as may be desirable for a gentleman, had many a fair clean hand laid in his, and many a maiden waist yielded to his arm, while ""the woman"" flitted about half an alien amongst her own, with his child wound in her old shawl of Lossie tartan; wandering not seldom in the gloaming when her little one slept, along the top of the dune, with the wind blowing keen upon her from the regions of eternal ice, sometimes the snow settling softly on her hair, sometimes the hailstones nestling in its meshes; the skies growing blacker about her, and the sea stormier, while hope retreated so far into the heavenly regions, that hope and heaven both were lost to her view. Thus, alas! the things in which he was superior to her, most of all that he was a gentleman, while she was but a peasant girl-- the things whose witchery drew her to his will, he made the means of casting her down from the place of her excellency into the mire of shame and loss. The only love worthy of the name ever and always uplifts.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.