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George MacDonald (1) [1824–1905]

This page covers the author of The Princess and the Goblin.

For other authors named George MacDonald, see the disambiguation page.

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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 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) — biography from The Princess and the Goblin… (more)
The Princess and the Goblin 5,194 copies, 58 reviews
At the Back of the North Wind 2,900 copies, 32 reviews
Phantastes 2,244 copies, 28 reviews
The Princess and Curdie 2,107 copies, 21 reviews
Lilith 1,727 copies, 14 reviews
The Light Princess 1,193 copies, 22 reviews
George Macdonald: An Anthology 814 copies, 5 reviews
The Golden Key 750 copies, 20 reviews
Malcolm 665 copies, 9 reviews
The Complete Fairy Tales 631 copies, 8 reviews
The Wise Woman and Other Stories 567 copies, 3 reviews
The Marquis of Lossie 516 copies, 5 reviews
The Curate's Awakening 425 copies, 3 reviews
The Baronet's Song 421 copies, 5 reviews
The Shepherd's Castle 376 copies, 6 reviews
The Maiden's Bequest 370 copies, 1 review
Sir Gibbie 325 copies, 4 reviews
Diary of an Old Soul 314 copies, 2 reviews
The musician's quest 305 copies, 3 reviews
The Grey Wolf and Other Stories 301 copies, 4 reviews
The Highlander's Last Song 298 copies, 3 reviews
The Golden Key and Other Stories 275 copies, 2 reviews
The tutor's first love 274 copies, 2 reviews
The Baron's Apprenticeship 272 copies, 1 review
Unspoken Sermons 226 copies, 2 reviews
Phantastes / Lilith 207 copies, 1 review
A Daughter's Devotion 199 copies, 1 review
The Laird's Inheritance 187 copies, 1 review
The Minister's Restoration 175 copies, 1 review
The Day Boy and the Night Girl 158 copies, 4 reviews
The poet's homecoming 143 copies, 1 review
Landlady's Master 139 copies, 1 review
The Curate of Glaston 133 copies, 2 reviews
The Vicar's Daughter 125 copies, 3 reviews
The Seaboard Parish 116 copies, 1 review
Evenor 111 copies
Knowing the Heart of God 106 copies, 1 review
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood 104 copies, 2 reviews
The Flight of the Shadow 88 copies, 2 reviews
Quiet Neighborhood 83 copies, 3 reviews
Thomas Wingfold, Curate 66 copies, 3 reviews
Shopkeeper's Daughter 65 copies, 1 review
Getting To Know Jesus 65 copies, 1 review
Donal Grant 61 copies, 1 review
Little Daylight: A Fairy Story 59 copies, 1 review
The Elect Lady 59 copies
Robert Falconer 56 copies
The prodigal apprentice 55 copies, 1 review
David Elginbrod 54 copies
Last Castle 52 copies, 1 review
Your Life in Christ 51 copies, 1 review
What's Mine's Mine 48 copies, 1 review
Alec Forbes of Howglen 44 copies, 2 reviews
Home Again 44 copies
There and Back 39 copies, 1 review
A Rough Shaking 30 copies
Mary Marston 29 copies
Adela Cathcart 27 copies, 1 review
Stephen Archer and Other Tales 27 copies, 1 review
Unspoken Sermons - Series 2 10 copies, 1 review
The Shadows 9 copies, 1 review
Fairy Tales 8 copies
The Gray Wolf 6 copies
The Carasoyn 3 copies
Fantasías 3 copies
Lady Juliet 2 copies
The Castle 2 copies
A Letter To American Boys 1 copy, 1 review
Justice 1 copy
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (Contributor) 594 copies, 8 reviews
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (Contributor) 500 copies, 5 reviews
The Victorian Fairytale Book (Contributor) 443 copies, 3 reviews
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (Contributor) 354 copies, 6 reviews
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (Contributor) 319 copies, 2 reviews
A Treasury of Fantasy (Contributor) 182 copies, 1 review
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (Contributor) 177 copies, 1 review
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (Contributor) 152 copies, 3 reviews
The Fantastic Imagination (Contributor) 152 copies, 1 review
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (Contributor) 142 copies
New Worlds for Old (Contributor) 98 copies, 1 review
The Fantastic Imagination II (Contributor) 93 copies
Storytelling and Other Poems (Childcraft) (Contributor) 88 copies, 2 reviews
A Book of Princesses (Contributor) 83 copies
Victorian Fairy Tales (Contributor) 77 copies, 5 reviews
Scottish Ghost Stories (Contributor) 73 copies
The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (Contributor) 62 copies
The Enchanter's Spell: Five Famous Tales (Contributor) 58 copies, 2 reviews
A Book of Princes (Contributor) 26 copies, 1 review
Letters from Hell (Preface, some editions) 8 copies
More ghosts and marvels (Contributor) 7 copies
Wakacje Wśród Duchów (Contributor) 1 copy

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