George MacDonald (1) (1824–1905)
Author of The Princess and the Goblin
For other authors named George MacDonald, see the disambiguation page.
About the Author
George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He attended University in Aberdeen in 1840 and then went on to Highbury College in 1848 where he studied to be a Congregational Minister, receiving his M. A. After being a minister for several years, he became a show more lecturer in English literature at Kings College in London before becoming a full-time writer. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. In 1955, he wrote his first important original work, a long religious poem entitled Within and Without. He is best known for his fantasy novels Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith and fairy tales including The Light Princess, The Golden Key, and The Wise Woman. In 1863, he published David Eiginbrod, the first of a dozen novels that were set in Scotland and based on the lives of rural Scots. He died on September 18. 1905. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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Series
Works by George MacDonald
At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie (1979) 194 copies
The George McDonald Treasury: Princess and the Goblin, Princess and Curdie, Light Princess, Phantastes, Giant's… (1863) 86 copies
The Maiden's Bequest, the Minister's Restoration, the Laird's Inheritance: Three Novels in One Volume (1998) 79 copies
Fantasy Stories of George Macdonald (4 vols., The Wise Woman, The Golden Key, The Gray Wolf, The Light Princess) (1980) 72 copies
The Gospel in George MacDonald: Selections from His Novels, Fairy Tales, and Spiritual Writings (The Gospel in Great… (2016) 52 copies
The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark: A Study with the Text of the Folio of 1623 (1995) 29 copies
The Adventures of Ranald Bannerman (George MacDonald Classics for Young Readers, Book 4) (1991) 28 copies
George MacDonald: The Complete Fantasy Collection - 8 Novels & 30 Short Stories and Fairy Tales (Illustrated): The… (2015) 18 copies
George MacDonald Fantasy Classics Collection: Phantastes, The Light Princess, The Princess and the Goblin, Lilith (2021) 15 copies
20 Classic Fantasy Works You Should Read (Golden Deer Classics): Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard… (2017) 14 copies
The Marshmallows Trilogy: A Quiet Neighborhood, The Seaboard Parish, The Vicar's Daughter (1985) 12 copies
Disciple and Other Poems (Sunrise Centenary Editions of the Works of George Macdonald : Poems) (1989) 11 copies
The Stories of George MacDonald: The Lost Princess, The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The Golden… (1979) 9 copies
20 Masterpieces of Fantasy Fiction Vol. 1: Peter Pan, Alice in Wonderland, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Tarzan of the… (2019) 8 copies
A princesa flutuante 8 copies
Consuming Fire: The Inexorable Power of God's Love: A Devotional Version of Unspoken Sermons (2015) 7 copies
THE PARISH TRILOGY: Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood, The Seaboard Parish & The Vicar's Daughter (Complete Edition) (2015) 6 copies
The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald, Volume I: Essays, The Portent, At the Back of the North Wind, The Flight… (2008) 6 copies
The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald, Volume II: Phantastes, The Carasoyn, The Wise Woman, Lilith (2008) 6 copies
The Gray Wolf 6 copies
The Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated Edition): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of… (2017) 6 copies
The Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated Edition): The Princess and the Goblin, Phantastes, At the Back of… (2017) 5 copies
DIE LICHTPRINZESSIN UND DAS HERZ DES RIESEN. Übers. von K. Stingl, C. Mohr, Hans Günter Holl, Reinhard… (1984) 5 copies
The Complete Novels of George MacDonald (Illustrated Edition): The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie,… (2015) 4 copies
Complete Works of George MacDonald 4 copies
The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald, Volume III: The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The… (2008) 4 copies
Thomas Wingfold, Curate (1876). By: George MacDonald (Original Classics): George MacDonald was one of the foremost… (2016) 3 copies
George MacDonald's Fantasy Novels (Complete and Unabridged) Including: The Light Princess, Cross Purposes,… (2013) 3 copies
George MacDonald: Three Complete Novels in One Volume; Maiden's Bequest, Minister's Restoration, Laird's Inheritance by… (1780) 3 copies
Cross Purposes 3 copies
Seaboard Parish (Volume 1) 3 copies
What's Mine's Mine - Volume 1 3 copies
Cross Purposes, and The Carasoyn 2 copies
LADY'S CONFESSION 2 copies
Scottish Children's Fantasy : The Princess and the Goblin, Prince Prigio and Prince Ricardo, The Wise Woman and Other… (2014) 2 copies
The Day Boy and the Night Girl (Annotated): Illustrated | Newer Edition of the Original 1882 Publication (2019) 2 copies
A Scottish Collection: The Maiden's Request, The Minister's Restoration, The Laird's Inheritance 2 copies
The Giant's Heart 2 copies
What's Mine's Mine - Volume 2 2 copies
The Castle 2 copies
George MacDonald - Christian Writings (Complete and Unabridged) Unspoken Sermons by George MacDonald Series I, II, III… (2013) 2 copies
The Fairy Fleet 2 copies
Chamber Dramas for Children 2 copies
The Seaboard Parish, Vol. 1 1 copy
A Letter To American Boys 1 copy
5 (MacDonald / Phillip Series) Books--The Baron's Apprenticeship, The Shepherd's Castle,The Tutor's… (1969) 1 copy
GENTLEWOMAN'S CHOICE 1 copy
A princesa e Curdie 1 copy
The Wind and the Mood 1 copy
Sir Gibbie vol. I 1 copy
Sir Gibbie vol. II 1 copy
Heather and Snow vol. II 1 copy
George MacDonald Original Works: Series VIII: Unspoken Sermons (Series 1, 2, 3), Wilfrid Cumbermede, Thomas Wingfold,… (2004) 1 copy
George MacDonald Original Works Series III: Colour Plates: Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood, Princess and the Goblin,… (1998) 1 copy
CHEERFUL WORDS, FROM THE WRITINGS OF GEORGE MACDONALD. Selected by E. E. Brown. With an introduction by James T.… (1880) 1 copy
Alec Forbes of Howglen - Updated and Introduced by Michael Phillips (The Cullen Collection Volume 5) (2018) — Author — 1 copy
Nanny's Dream 1 copy
Diamond's Dream 1 copy
Phantastes - Introduced by Michael Phillips (The Cullen Collection Volume 1) (2018) — Author — 1 copy
Men and Women 1 copy
LIMP CLOTH EDITION - Instructor Literature Series - AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND By George MacDonald - No 250C… (1905) 1 copy
Justice 1 copy
Malcom Vol. III 1 copy
At the Back of the North Wind Including : The Princess and the Goblin: Illustrated by Maria L. Kirk and Jessie Willcox… (2017) 1 copy
The Curate's Awakening, The Lady's Confession & The Baron's Apprenticeship (Complete Trilogy) (2017) 1 copy
The Landlady's Master 1 copy
Malcom Vol. II 1 copy
ADELA CATHCART - The Complete Fantasy Tales Series: The Light Princess, The Shadows, Christmas Eve, The Giant's Heart,… (2019) 1 copy
Good Words for the Young 1 copy
Fantasy, Faeries and Ghosts 1 copy
Stephen Archer 1 copy
The Wow o'Riven 1 copy
Associated Works
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contributor — 565 copies
Beyond the Looking Glass: Extraordinary Works of Fairy Tale & Fantasy (1985) — Contributor — 157 copies
Tales Before Narnia: The Roots of Modern Fantasy and Science Fiction (2008) — Contributor — 114 copies
The Graphic Canon of Children's Literature: The World's Greatest Kids' Lit as Comics and Visuals (2014) — Contributor — 90 copies
In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914 (2015) — Contributor — 89 copies
The Dedalus Book of British Fantasy: 19th Century (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 45 copies
From Isles of Dream: Visionary Stories and Poems of the Celtic Renaissance (1993) — Contributor — 40 copies
Tales of the Wandering Jew: A Collection of Contemporary and Classic Stories (European Literary Fantasy Anthologies) (1991) — Contributor — 25 copies
Terrifying Transformations: An Anthology of Victorian Werewolf Fiction, 1838-1896 (2012) — Contributor — 18 copies
To the Land of Fair Delight Three Victorian Tales of the Imagination (1960) — Contributor — 6 copies
Shirley Temple Storybook Collection: The Princess and the Goblins / Madeline — Original story — 4 copies
Shadows from a Veiled Creation: Classic Tales of Supernatural Fiction in the Christian Tradition (2006) — Contributor — 2 copies
Wakacje Wśród Duchów — Contributor — 1 copy
Best of Classic Christian Literature for 99 Cents - EXTRACTS FROM ADAM'S DIARY by Mark Twain ... EVE'S DIARY by Mark… — Contributor — 1 copy
The Princess and the Goblins [1961 Shirley Temple Storybook TV episode] (1961) — Original book — 1 copy
Tagged
Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- MacDonald, George
- Birthdate
- 1824-12-10
- Date of death
- 1905-09-18
- Burial location
- Bordighera, Imperia, Liguria, Italy
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- UK
- Country (for map)
- Scotland, UK
- Birthplace
- Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
- Place of death
- Ashstead, Surrey, England, UK
- Places of residence
- Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK
Ashstead, Surrey, England, UK
London, England, UK
Bordighera, Italy - Education
- University of Aberdeen (MA|1845)
Highbury Theological College (M.Div|1850) - Occupations
- pastor
teacher
editor
poet
novelist - Relationships
- Macdonald, Greville (son)
MacDonald, Philip (grandson)
MacDonald, Ronald (son)
Members
Discussions
Phantastes & Lilith by George MacDonald (reviewd by lilyfyrestorm) in Reviews reviewed (June 2011)
Reviews
At the Back of the North Wind (Christian Fiction… by George MacDonald
AR: 5.4
When Princess Irene and her nursemaid stay out too late one night and are chased home by goblins, a young miner boy called Curdie comes to their rescue. So begins a fantastic adventure in which Irene and Curdie must try to stop a goblin invasion, helped by Irene's mysterious great-great-grandmother. This edition includes the sequel, "The Princess and Curdie".
Pure wisdom and poetic insight into the heart and nature of God.
I don't really know what to make of this book. At times it was boring, at other times baffling, and at still other times deeply profound. I felt like the ending was rather anticlimactic. I am a huge fan of MacDonald's Unspoken Sermons and have great respect for his almost poetic approach to theology. For whatever reason, though, Lilith just didn't connect for me. Maybe I will try again in a few years.
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Out of Copyright (1)
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Victorian Period (1)
Princess Tales (4)
Ambleside Books (3)
Elevenses (2)
19th Century (2)
Ambleside Y3 (2)
Books for Tori (1)
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Statistics
- Works
- 314
- Also by
- 54
- Members
- 33,612
- Popularity
- #574
- Rating
- 3.9
- Reviews
- 364
- ISBNs
- 2,475
- Languages
- 21
- Favorited
- 121
