This volume features all the 12 books of FANTASIES by the extraordinary Scotish author George Macdonald. A pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature, he was the mentor of writer Lewis Carroll. His writings were a major literary influence to many authors including C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, E. Nesbit and many others. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence". We have included all these amazing books in this collections.
PHANTASTES
CROSS PURPOSES & THE SHADOWS
ADELA CATHCART
THE PORTENT AND OTHER STORIES
AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE
A DOUBLE STORY (“THE LOST PRINCESS.”)
STEPHEN ARCHER AND OTHER TALES
THE DAY BOY AND THE NIGHT GIRL
THE FLIGHT OF THE SHADOW
LILITH
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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