GEORGE MACDONALD, the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, came to influence not only C.S. Lewis, who once called MacDonald his master, but also J.R.R. Tolkien, who has paid his own tribute to the "power and beauty" of MacDonald's accomplishment.
This newly illustrated set of four paperbacks holds the complete fantasy stories (except for several longer stories readily available elsewhere) of George MacDonald.
"What he does best is fantasy -- fantasy that hovers between the allegorical and the mythopoeic. And this, in my opinion, he does better than any man." -C.S. Lewis
"Surely, George MacDonald is the grandfather of us all -- all of us who struggle to come to terms with truth through fantasy.... I am delighted that these wonderful stories are available to a world that is in dire need of their message." -Madeleine L'Engle"What he does best is fantasy -- fantasy that hovers between the allegorical and the mythopoeic. And this, in my opinion, he does better than any man." -C.S. Lewis
"Surely, George MacDonald is the grandfather of us all -- all of us who struggle to come to terms with truth through fantasy.... I am delighted that these wonderful stories are available to a world that is in dire need of their message." -Madeleine L'Engle
Includes the following volumes and stories:
Includes the following volumes and stories:Includes the following volumes and stories:
The Wise Woman and Other Fantasy StoriesThe Wise Woman and Other Fantasy Stories
"The Wise Woman or the Lost Princess: A Double Story"
"Little Daylight"
"Cross Purposes"
"The Castle: A Parable"
The Gray Wolf and Other Fantasy StoriesThe Gray Wolf and Other Fantasy Stories
"The Gray Wolf"
"The Cruel Painter"
"The Broken Swords"
"The Wow O'Rivven"
"Uncle Cornelius, His Story"
"The Butcher's Bills"
"Birth, Dreaming, Death"
The Light Princess and Other Fantasy StoriesThe Light Princess and Other Fantasy Stories
"The Light Princess"
"The Giant's Heart"
"The CArasoyn"
"Port in a Storm"
"Papa's Story [A Scot's Christmas Story]"
The Golden Key and Other Fantasy StoriesThe Golden Key and Other Fantasy Stories
"The Golden Key"
"The History of Photogen and Nycteris"
"The Shadows"
"The Gifts of the Child Christ"
George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."
Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald.
MacDonald grew up influenced by his Congregational Church, with an atmosphere of Calvinism. But MacDonald never felt comfortable with some aspects of Calvinist doctrine; indeed, legend has it that when the doctrine of predestination was first explained to him, he burst into tears (although assured that he was one of the elect). Later novels, such as Robert Falconer and Lilith, show a distaste for the idea that God's electing love is limited to some and denied to others.
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