George MacDonald
61) Guild Court
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Following on the heels of Robert Falconer's hugely influential and controversial story, Guild Court, written concurrently with Falconer and published the same year, is one of MacDonald's lesser known novels. A love story set in London, its portrait of many intertwining and quirky lives in and around a city court is perhaps the most Dickens-like of MacDonald's novels. Though not a book that enjoyed such widespread circulation as his others, Guild Court...
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Diamante vive en el Londres victoriano junto a su familia en condiciones muy precarias. Un día, decide tapar los agujeros de la pared que hay detrás de su cama con heno para evitar que entre aire frío. Enfadado, el Viento del Norte, transformado en una hermosa dama, lo visita para reprenderlo. Pero se hacen amigos y Viento del Norte decide que el joven lo acompañe en un viaje en el que vivirán increíbles aventuras y Diamante aprenderá cosas...
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The Boyhood of Ranald Bannerman presents the largely autobiographical story of a young boy growing up in a small Scottish village. Although George MacDonald is generally considered the grandfather of modern fantasy novels, this beautifully written novel is MacDonald's most realistic. The precise portraits of Ranald's father, family, and village characters bring this boyhood brilliantly to life even today and powerfully illustrate the lessons of integrity,...
64) A Time to Grow
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The author of George MacDonald: Scotland's Beloved Storyteller presents a wealth of Christian wisdom culled from the works of the great Victorian writer.
The 19th century author, poet, and Christian scholar George MacDonald has inspired generations with his powerful stories and sermons. Writers from Lewis Carroll to W.H. Auden cite MacDonald as a major influence, while C.S. Lewis has said his books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity....
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"The Fantastic Imagination" is a 1893 essay by Scottish writer George MacDonald (1824—1905). A pioneer of fantasy literature, MacDonald was the mentor of Lewis Carroll and influenced the work of many other notable writers including J. M. Barrie, Mark Twain, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien. This fascinating essay concentrates on writing and imagination, offering expert insights into fantasy and fiction writing by a master of the genre. Highly recommended...
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A leading George MacDonald scholar presents a fascinating introduction to the 19th century Scottish author's views on Christianity, faith, and God.
The Victorian author, poet, and theologian George MacDonald inspired some of the greatest writers of the early 20th century, including C.S. Lewis, who said MacDonald's books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity. While MacDonald's beloved fiction-including classics like Robert Falconer and At...
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This collection of theological writings by the beloved Victorian author illuminates his views on living in the light of God's love.
The Victorian author, poet, and theologian George MacDonald inspired some of the greatest minds of the early 20th century, including the writer C.S. Lewis, who said MacDonald's books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity. But while MacDonald's fiction remains popular-with such notable classics as Robert Falconer...
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This Scottish masterpiece of 1886 contains wonderfully descriptive passages of the Scottish highlands. The story centers around two families-the English Palmers and that of clan chief Alister Macruadh-and Mr. Palmer's cruel removal of Clan Ruadh from its traditional lands. This portrait of the Highland Clearances poignantly captures how and why the clan way of life disappeared from the highlands in the 18th and 19th centuries. One of MacDonald's signature...
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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...
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This collection of sermons and theological essays by the beloved Victorian author explore the nature of God's truth and how it is revealed to us.
The Victorian author, poet, and theologian George MacDonald inspired some of the greatest writers of the early 20th century, including C.S. Lewis, who said MacDonald's books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity. But while MacDonald's fiction remains popular-with such notable classics as Robert...
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Phantastes, one of George MacDonald's most important and enduring works, chronicles the adventures of Anodos, a young man of twenty-one, in fairyland where he wrestles with tree-spirits, the shadow, giants, and monsters while encountering dancing statues, fairies, and other magical beings. Dreamlike and whimsical, the tale is ultimately a quest for freedom that can only come with the ultimate sacrifice. This Warbler Classics edition includes a biographical...
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The publication in 1868 of this sequel to Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood capped off one of George MacDonald's most productive years with a third major fiction work following Robert Falconer and Guild Court. Set in the Cornwall seaside town of Bude and inspired by a MacDonald family holiday a few years earlier, this novel continues the leisurely pastoral pace of minister Harry Walton's family. Like Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood, it was first written...