What's Mine's Mine — Complete
1886
Written in 1886 by George MacDonald, 'What's Mine's Mine' is a Christian fiction novel set in the Scottish Highlands. The story revolves around the Palmer family and their interactions with clan chief Alister Macruadh, highlighting themes of love, loyalty, and the impact of the Highland Clearances on traditional clan life. MacDonald explores the contrast between material wealth and inner fulfillment, while also addressing his views on the afterlife through engaging dialogues among characters. Notably, the novel features rich descriptions of the Scottish landscape without employing local dialect.
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“Until a man has love, it is well he should have fear. So long as there are wild beasts about, it is better to be afraid than secure.””
— George MacDonald
“...for a man must leave father and mother to cleave to his wife - a principle commonly inverted by male presumption.””
— George MacDonald
“Belief that is not lived by is no belief at all, for belief involves what we do more than it does ideas.””
— George MacDonald
“No one can be living a true life to whom dying is a terror.””
— George MacDonald
“It is a good thing to desire to share a good thing, but it is not well to be unable alone to enjoy a good thing. It is our enjoyment that should make us desirous to share. What is there to share if the thing be of no value in itself? To enjoy alone is to be able to share. No participation can make that of value which in itself is of none. It””
— George MacDonald
