Finding George MacDonald
Discover the literary world of George MacDonald with this curated reading list, featuring fantasy classics like *Phantastes* and *The Princess and the Goblin*, plus C. S. Lewis's *The Great Divorce*. Perfect for readers exploring fairy tales, Christian allegory, and the Victorian authors who inspired modern fantasy.
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Phantastes
by George Macdonald
Anodos enters a dream-like fairyland of tree-spirits and magic, where he searches for the spirit of the Earth.
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The Complete Fairy Tales
by George MacDonald
George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds. Within this familiar imaginative landscape, his children's stories were profoundly experimental, questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence, and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief.
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The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
Princess Irene's discovery of a secret stair to the top turret of the castle leads to a wonderful revelation. At the same time, the miner's son Curdie overhears a fiendish plot by the goblins who live below the mountain. But it will take all their wit and courage, and the help of Irene's magic ring, to make sense of their separate knowledge and foil the goblins' schemes.
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The Princess and Curdie
by George MacDonald
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.
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Sir Gibbie
by George MacDonald
The Classic Scottish story of a street orphan in early 1800's and his adventures growing up. Suffering leading to faith and love impacts the reader. Some brogue.
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The Great Divorce
by C. S. Lewis
C. S. Lewis takes us on a profound journey through both heaven and hell in this engaging allegorical tale. Using his extraordinary descriptive powers, Lewis introduces us to supernatural beings who will change the way we think about good and evil.