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George MacDonald
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"The fairy story may be made a vehicle of Mystery. That at least is what George MacDonald attempted, achieving stories of power and beauty when he succeeded." J R TolkienINDEXNon FictionThe Fantastic Imagination MacDonald's introduction to The Light Princess and other Fairy Tales, which is also reprinted in a Dish of Orts. This is the key essay for understanding his method in the fairy tales. The Imagination: Its Functions and its
Culture 1867, from a Dish of Orts. The New Name from the Unspoken Sermons, Series I Introduction/ The Beginning of Miracles from The Miracles of Our Lord Faith, the Proof of the Unseen A sermon preached in Brixton Congregational Church, June 1882 Mr. Dexter's Account of a Spoken Sermon by George MacDonald, One Sabbath Evening, Cannonbury, 1871 and Awakening, a Discourse Delivered April 13, 1873, in Martine's Hall, to the Church of the Messiah. Taken from George MacDonald in the Pulpit, published by Johannesen. PoemsGeorge MacDonald: A Selection of his poems, including 'Baby' from his Collection 'Poems for Children' Novalis: Hymns to the Night translated by MacDonald from the German FictionA Letter to American Boys 1878 At the Back of the North Wind An HTML versionText version At the Back of the North Wind Digitized by Cardinalis Etext Press Lilith, a Romance An HTML version Lilith, a Romance A searchable IBM-PC programme from Australia (210K zip file) Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women St.
George & St. Michael An HTML version by David Grice The Day Boy and the Night Girl A boy who has never seen the moon meets a girl who has never seen the sun The Day Boy and the Night Girl. An HTML version Text version The History of Gutta-Percha-Willie, The Working Genius 262K The Gifts of the Child Christ MacDonald's first draft was for a play entitled If I had a Father. Failing to find a publisher he reworked it in The Gifts of the Child Christ and Ofher Stories which was published in 1882. As a Christmas tale it has proved to be a perennial favourite with his readers. The Golden Key Two children search for the mysterious "land from where the shadows fall." The Light Princess Part 1 and Part 2. The enchanting story of a princess who loses every kind of gravity The Light Princess An HTML version. The Light Princess An alternative source The Shadows . One of the stories included in Adela Cathcart (1864) What's
Mine's Mine An HTML Version by David Grice George MacDonald texts on Project Gutenberg. These are mainly text files (with some HTML) which are downloadable in a variety of formats including zip. Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women XML versions of the above (suitable for Explorer 5.x and Opera 4) can also be found at Arthur's Classic Novels It is almost impossible to keep up to date with every e-text that comes on-line. So, if you cannot find what you are looking for here perhaps the following links will help you! Classicreader.com
And of course My aim is to ensure that this continues to remain the most comprehensive listing of e-text versions of MacDonald's Work available on-line. If you know of any e-texts that should be included here please let me know.
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