Uncle Stephen

Sewn hardback printed and bound by the Atheneum Press in green wibalin cloth with head and tailband and silk ribbon marker. 350 copies. (Out of print). Uncle Stephen was first published by Faber & Faber, 1931. This edition with a new introduction by Colin Cruise. A subtle supernatural novel in the style of Forrest Reids great friend and admirer Walter de la Mare. It is the story of Tom Barber, an orphaned boy in search of the mysterious uncle he has never met, and about whom there is a hint of scandal. The story of 'Uncle Stephen' came to Reid in a dream, and the dreamlike evocation of the Ulster countryside in which it is set trembles over the brink into the magical. ". . . If you can appreciate fine words and sensitive feelings and fantastic situations, Uncle Stephen is your book." Number of Words in Auth: 2 Formats : EPUB Number of Formats : 1 Has Cover : Yes All Identifiers : goodreads:2385318, isbn:9781872621593 Test Text Series Index: Trilogy Single Author : Forrest Reid Original Source : Mirc - New Files 05 06 Cleaned Sorted Author by LN, FN: Reid, Forrest Title Length : 013 Title Parm D : Uncle Stephen Title Parm F : Uncle Stephen Title Parm A : Uncle Stephen Title Parm B : ( Record ID : 1069 Template Work Area : Trilogy ES Name : Tom Barber Trilogy Uncomma Author : Forrest Reid Num of Aut : 1 Left in the care of his unloving stepmother after his father’s death, sixteen-year-old Tom Barber has a vivid dream one night in which he sees his Uncle Stephen, whom he has never met and who is rumoured to have been mixed up in scandal and the practice of black magic. Unhappy at home and not knowing what to expect when he arrives at Uncle Stephen’s manor house, Tom runs away, hoping to live with his uncle. In his depiction of Tom’s initiation into Uncle Stephen’s mystic creed, his illicit love for the poacher Jim Deverell, and his adventures with Philip, a mysterious boy with a strange and fantastic connection to Uncle Stephen’s past and Tom’s future, Forrest Reid’s artistic vision finds its fullest expression. The first in Reid’s Tom Barber trilogy, Uncle Stephen (1931) is both a tale of boyhood adventure in the tradition of Mark Twain and a story of the supernatural in the vein of Sheridan Le Fanu and Walter de la Mare.