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1) A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul

Author

MacDonald, George

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Project Gutenberg

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English

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Renowned Scottish fiction writer, poet, and minister George MacDonald gained literary acclaim for his creative reinvention of age-old fairy tales. Among the many writers who cited MacDonald as a key influence were G.K. Chesterson, W.H. Auden, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L'Engle. In this volume of verse, MacDonald offers a poem for every day of the year; each is intended to prompt introspection and prayerful contemplation.

2) Phantastes, a Faerie Romance for Men and Women

Author

MacDonald, George

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Project Gutenberg

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English

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Phantastes tells the story of Anodos and his magical journey through a Fairy Land that hints at but always eludes allegory. Anodos discovers that "self will come to life even in the slaying of self, but there is ever something deeper and stronger than it, which will emerge from the unknown abysses of the soul." Published in 1858, this is the earliest novel by George MacDonald, who is generally considered the grandfather of modern fantasy. Our rejuvenated...

3) A Dish of Orts : Chiefly Papers on the Imagination, and on Shakespeare

Author

MacDonald, George

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

4) The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories

Author

MacDonald, George

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Project Gutenberg

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A king and queen have a daughter and invite everyone to the christening except the king's sister Princess Makemnoit, a spiteful and sour woman. She arrives without an invitation and curses the princess to have no gravity. Whenever the princess accidentally moves up in the air, she has to be, brought, down, and the wind is capable of carrying her off. As she grows, she never cries, and never can be, brought to see the serious side of anything. She...

5) George MacDonald: His Life and Works

Author

MacDonald, George

Publisher

christianaudio

Language

English

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Beloved Christian author C. S. Lewis wrote that George MacDonald "baptized" his imagination. Lewis went on to say that he never wrote a book that was not influenced by MacDonald. Others too were profoundly moved by MacDonald. The discerning reader will find his mark in the works of G. K. Chesterton and J. R. R. Tolkien, among others. Renowned scholar Rolland Hein explores the symbols, motifs, and themes running through MacDonald's stories, and

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6) The princess and the goblin

Author

MacDonald, George

Series

Looking glass library book volume 02
Puffin classics
New children's classics
Princess Irene and Curdie

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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 8

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English

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A little princess is protected by her silver-haired great-grandmother and by her friend Curdie who knows how to frighten the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

7) The light princess

Author

MacDonald, George

Language

English

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Because she is not invited to the christening of the princess, the King's sister casts a spell depriving the child of gravity and the ability to weep tears.

8) At the back of the North Wind

Author

MacDonald, George

Series

Cullen Collection
Tor Classics

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IL: UG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 14

Language

English

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"At the Back of the North Wind" is a classic children's story first serialized in England in 1868 and published into a book in 1871 by the Scottish author George MacDonald. This enchanting fairy tale follows Diamond, a sweet, innocent, and joyful young stable boy in Victorian London who goes on adventures with the majestic North Wind. The North Wind is personified as a lovely and mysterious woman, both severe and kind, who teaches young Diamond about...

9) The princess and Curdie

Author

MacDonald, George

Series

Princess Irene and Curdie

Language

English

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Book - Children's, eAudiobook, eBook

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With the help of a mysterious fairy queen who provides monstrous but gentle creatures to aid him, a miner's son takes on the dangerous task of helping the king and princess confound their enemies and save the kingdom.

10) Lilith: a romance

Author

MacDonald, George

Language

English

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Book, eBook

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The story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house in which he has a vision that leads him through an old mirror into another world.

11) Donal Grant, by George MacDonald

Author

MacDonald, George

Series

Sir Gibbie

Publisher

Project Gutenberg

Language

English

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This magnificent 1883 sequel to Sir Gibbie, and MacDonald's longest book, is a novel with everything-a Gothic castle with hidden rooms and passageways, good guys and bad guys, mysteries and inheritances. And poignant yet bittersweet love. Little does Gibbie's friend Donal realize what he is in for when he takes a tutoring job at mysterious Castle Graham! Woven throughout, of course, are many signature tunes of MacDonald's wisdom and spiritual insight,...

12) Discovering the character of God

Author

MacDonald, George

Publisher

Bethany House Publishers

Pub. Date

c1989

Language

English

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Devotional selections from the poetry, sermons, and fiction of the great Victorian author George MacDonald. One of the nineteenth-century's greatest thinkers, George MacDonald has inspired generations with his powerful stories and sermons. Now his words of wisdom are available in a series of devotionals compiled and edited by the MacDonald scholar and author of George MacDonald: Scotland's Beloved Storyteller. Discovering the Character of God presents...

13) The musician's quest: George MacDonald; Michael R. Phillips, ed

Author

MacDonald, George

Publisher

Bethany House

Pub. Date

c1984

Language

English

14) The maiden's bequest

Author

MacDonald, George

Publisher

Bethany House

Pub. Date

Language

English

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Rev. ed. of: Alec Forbes of Howglen. 1865. Orphaned as a child, Annie's special friendship with Alec is a source of strength and security which sees them both through many difficulties in their nineteenth-century Scotland.