The Light Princess and Other Stories
by George MacDonald
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This is the third of four volumes Eerdmans put together in 1980 to collect all the short fantasy works of George MacDonald. I have been pleasantly surprised to discover that MacDonald, whose Victorian novels span six to eight hundred pages, is able to develop a compelling story in such a short number of words.
This volume contains five stories:
- "The Light Princess" (1864 from Adela Cathcart)
- "The Giant's Heart" (1863 from Illustrated London News)
- "The Carasoyn" (1866, 1871 from Argosy, then expanded in Works)
- "Port in a Storm" (1866 from Argosy)
- "Papa's Story" (1865 from Illustrated London News)
The collection is very strong. The title story manages to use quite a bit of humour to tell what turns out to be an intense story. "The show more Giant's Heart" is a children's story about two kids who stumble into giant country, but you don't have to be a child to enjoy it. In it, MacDonald makes some brilliant sarcastic jabs against Sunday Morning legalism. "The Carasoyn" is another of MacDonald's fairy stories that use traditional motifs to spin a compelling tale.
The last two stories are not fantasy stories at all. "Port in a Storm" is the story of how a husband and wife got together. (Who knew you could buy a wife with a case of Port?) This is probably the weakest story of the lot. The final story is deeply moving, especially if you've spent any time reflecting on the parable of the Prodigal Son.
Like the first two collections I've read in this series, MacDonald's stories are always worth the time to track down and read. show less
This volume contains five stories:
- "The Light Princess" (1864 from Adela Cathcart)
- "The Giant's Heart" (1863 from Illustrated London News)
- "The Carasoyn" (1866, 1871 from Argosy, then expanded in Works)
- "Port in a Storm" (1866 from Argosy)
- "Papa's Story" (1865 from Illustrated London News)
The collection is very strong. The title story manages to use quite a bit of humour to tell what turns out to be an intense story. "The show more Giant's Heart" is a children's story about two kids who stumble into giant country, but you don't have to be a child to enjoy it. In it, MacDonald makes some brilliant sarcastic jabs against Sunday Morning legalism. "The Carasoyn" is another of MacDonald's fairy stories that use traditional motifs to spin a compelling tale.
The last two stories are not fantasy stories at all. "Port in a Storm" is the story of how a husband and wife got together. (Who knew you could buy a wife with a case of Port?) This is probably the weakest story of the lot. The final story is deeply moving, especially if you've spent any time reflecting on the parable of the Prodigal Son.
Like the first two collections I've read in this series, MacDonald's stories are always worth the time to track down and read. show less
The light princess -- The giant's heart -- The carasoyn -- Port in a storm -- Papa's story
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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 show more 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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- The Light Princess and Other Stories
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- Fairy Tales by George MacDonald
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- 1867
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- Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
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