Paul Faber, Surgeon
Paul Faber, Surgeon
Paul Faber, Surgeon continues the story of Thomas Wingfold, now established as an unconventional curate in a provincial town. At its heart is the titular surgeon, a brilliant physician whose intellectual pride has made him contemptuous of the Christians around him. He believes himself morally superior to the faithful, yet carries a secret burden from his past that his mocking skepticism cannot lift. Meanwhile, a weary woman named Rachel finds herself drawn to Faber, hoping his human affection might replace the divine love she once knew but can no longer feel. Both characters are hiding wounds that worldly solutions cannot heal. As Wingfold and his faithful dwarf companion Polwarth continue their ministry to the forgotten and doubting, they intersect with these broken lives, offering not easy answers but a presence that refuses to give up on them. MacDonald, the Victorian mystic who influenced C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien, writes with psychological depth about the emptiness that ambitious self-reliance cannot fill and the stubborn grace that pursues the proudest souls.
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