The Way Home is a novel written by Basil King. The book tells the story of a young man named David Claridge who returns to his family's estate in Canada after spending years in England. Upon his return, David finds himself caught up in a web of family drama and romance. He falls in love with a young woman named Faith, but their relationship is threatened by the jealousy of David's cousin, the beautiful and manipulative Lady Jim. Meanwhile, David's father is struggling with financial troubles and his mother is battling ...
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The Way Home is a novel written by Basil King. The book tells the story of a young man named David Claridge who returns to his family's estate in Canada after spending years in England. Upon his return, David finds himself caught up in a web of family drama and romance. He falls in love with a young woman named Faith, but their relationship is threatened by the jealousy of David's cousin, the beautiful and manipulative Lady Jim. Meanwhile, David's father is struggling with financial troubles and his mother is battling illness. The novel explores themes of love, loyalty, and the challenges of family relationships. The Way Home is a classic work of literature that has been praised for its vivid descriptions of Canadian landscapes and its insightful portrayal of human emotions.1913. Canadian clergyman turned writer, Basil King (author of The Inner Shrine) produced his first noteworthy novel at the age of 50. He believed in spiritualism and claimed that a spirit personality guided his writing. The book begins: An incident like that of the missionary box could not but fix in Charlie Grace s mind the approximate date of his first conscious wish to be a clergyman. Thinking it over in after life, he reckoned that it must have been in 1874, when he was five years old. While other childish happenings grew dim to incoherence this one stood out clearly. He came, indeed, to take it as the starting-point of his personal activity, referring back to it as the beginning of things rather than to his birth.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.
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