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Sir Gibbie

by George MACDONALD (1824 - 1905)

The Ceiling

These are the adventures of Sir Gibbie through the Scotland moors. Not being able to read or speak, Gibbie survives on the streets without a mother and having an alcoholic father. Yet, he wins the hearts of his neighbors and helps others. Children and adults learn through Sir Gibbie self-sacrifice, honesty, and purity. (Summary by Maggie Travers)

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Listen next episodes of Sir Gibbie:
A Hiding-Place from the Wind , A Lesson of Wisdom , A Night-Watch , A Voice , A Walk , Apprenticeship , Arrangement and Preparation , Catastrophe , Daur Street , Donal Grant , Donal's Lodging , Glashruach , Hornie , Initiation , More Schooling , Mr. Sclater , Mrs. Sclater , Needfull Odds and Ends , Of Age , Prologue , Refuge , Rumours , Secret Service , Shoals Ahead , Ten Auld Hoose O' Galbraith , The Ambush , The Beast-Boy , The Brander , The Broonie , The Burn , The Confession , The Gamekeeper , The Girls , The Houseless , The Laird , The Laird and the Preacher , The Lorrie Meadow , The Mains , The Minister's Defeat , The Muckle Hoose , The North Church , The Punishment , The Quarry , The Sinner , The Slate , The Wedding , The Whelp , The Wisdom of the Wise , Their Reward