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  • THE LOST PRINCESS
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A wise woman kidnaps a spoiled princess. As a result the princess and her parents learn what is truly important. A story that asks whose fault is it when a child grows up to be selfish adult. ...

    $9.00

  • ANNALS OF A QUIET NEIGHBORHOOD
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The story of a young minister and his flock—first in the Scottish author’s Marshmallows Trilogy including The Seaboard Parish and The Vicar’s Daughter.     MacDonald’s first major English novel, published in 1867, was set in the village of Arundel on the downs south of London near the south channel coast. It was the site of MacDonald’s first and only pastorate as a newly marrie...

    $149.00

  • ADELA CATHCART
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    Fairy tales told around the fire on Christmas Eve—including “The Light Princess,” “The Shadows,” “The Golden Key,” and “The Giant’s Heart.”   Reminiscent of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, MacDonald’s attempt to package a collection of short stories in the guise of a novel is built around a group of snowbound travelers attempting to pass the time in a country house by sharing stori...

    $149.00

  • ST. GEORGE AND ST. MICHAEL
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A story of love and loyalty set against the backdrop of the English Civil War—the only historical novel from the renowned Scottish author.    This unique novel in the MacDonald collection, his only true historical novel, is set during the mid-17th century English Civil War. MacDonald’s use of the idiom and stylistic old-English of the post-Shakespearean era make this a slow rea...

    $149.00

  • CASTLE WARLOCK
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A novel of a son’s worldly and spiritual inheritance set in the majestic Scottish Highlands—by the nineteenth-century British author of Mary Marston.   Thematically linked to Mary Marston which preceded it, MacDonald here poignantly depicts the father-son relationship as he had earlier that of father and daughter. MacDonald’s storytelling power again returns to the highlands of...

    $149.00

  • WEIGHED AND WANTING
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    One woman rebels against society’s strictures to live a life of compassion in this thought-provoking Victorian novel by the author of Robert Falconer. This 1882 story of a dysfunctional family features another of MacDonald’s memorable female protagonists. Reminiscent of Mary St. John of Robert Falconer, Hester Raymount chooses a single life of ministry among London’s downtrodde...

    $149.00

  • MALCOLM
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A masterpiece of mystery and spiritual power from one of the Victorian era’s greatest writers, the Scottish author who inspired C. S. Lewis.   This towering 1875 novel, set in the Scottish fishing village of Cullen, is considered by many as George MacDonald’s fictional masterwork. The intricate tale is more true to place than any of MacDonald’s books. As Malcolm is drawn into t...

    $149.00

  • A ROUGH SHAKING
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The 19th-century Scottish author delivers a novel of a homeless orphan who finds peace in the company of animals and his own innate goodness. One of George MacDonald’s realistic novels, A Rough Shaking takes its title from a devastating earthquake that hit along the Italian coast in February of 1887. Though not written in the classic mold of a children’s story, like MacDonald’s...

    $149.00

  • THE PORTENT
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A gothic ghost story of romance, adventure, and the supernatural from the acclaimed 19th-century author of Phantastes. The Portent was originally written for magazine serialization several years prior to its release in book form in 1864. Shorter than most of MacDonald’s novels, this spooky tale of the Scottish “second sight” is a thorough spine-tingling ghost story worthy of th...

    $109.00

  • HEATHER AND SNOW
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A vivid novel of love and spiritual growth set in the Scottish Highlands from the 19th-century Victorian-era author of Castle Warlock. This wonderful Scottish tale from 1893, not so expansive of theme and scope as some of MacDonald’s lengthier Scottish stories, is yet poignantly moving in its own way. The descriptions of the highlands and the lives of its people are the equal o...

    $109.00

  • THE WISE WOMAN
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A Victorian-era fairy tale of one woman’s quest to redeem a selfish girl—from the Scottish author of The Princess and the Goblin.   This shorter fairy tale “Double Story” (by which title it was also published), tells the story of spoiled Princess Rosamond, and a mysterious wise woman whom she meets in the forest, and who continues to come to her in different guises which the pr...

    $109.00

  • PHANTASTES
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The groundbreaking Victorian-era fantasy from the Scottish literary master. “Without question one of the cornerstones of the genre.”—Black Gate   George MacDonald’s first major fiction work, in MacDonald’s words “a sort of fairy tale for grown people,” Phantastes was published in 1858. This unusual fantasy, subtitled a “faerie romance,” is one of MacDonald’s most mysterious and...

    $149.00

  • GEORGE MACDONALD'S SPIRITUAL VISION
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A leading George MacDonald scholar presents a fascinating introduction to the 19th century Scottish author’s views on Christianity, faith, and God.   The Victorian author, poet, and theologian George MacDonald inspired some of the greatest writers of the early 20th century, including C.S. Lewis, who said MacDonald’s books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity. While M...

    $229.00

  • AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    At the Back of the North Wind is a brilliant allegorical tale by George MacDonald. The protagonist Diamond befriends the beautiful and majestic North Wind. Her powers bring change where ever she goes. At first this awesome power seems to be a terrible force, but it becomes clear that all of the changes she has caused with her amazing power have been for good. A timeless classic...

    $19.00

  • MACDONALDS’ FAIRY-TALE TREASURE CHEST
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. The mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll, his writings have been cited as a major literary influence by authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien,[1] Walter de la Mare,[2] E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. This collection contai...

    $19.00

  • THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The Princess and Curdie are back in this sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. Princess Irene and Curdie are a year or two older, and must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother is also back and she gives Curdie a strange gift and a monster called Lina to help him on his quest. A wonderful tale of adventure and cour...

    $19.00

  • THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The Princess and the Goblin is beloved children's classic written by George MacDonald. C. S. Lewis sites Macdonald as one of his inspirations. This gentle story takes us to a simpler time and place where Princess Irene and her best friend Curdie must save the kingdom from a evil Goblin plot. Join them as they outwit the Goblins and save the day. ...

    $19.00

  • PHANTASTES
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    'Phantastes: A Faerie Romance' was the first work of fiction by George MacDonald. 'Phantastes' exerted a strong influence on fantasy authors of later generations; for example, C. S. Lewis claimed that his imagination had been baptized by reading it. The story concerns a young man, Anodos, who is pulled into a dreamlike world and there hunts for his ideal of female beauty, embod...

    $19.00

  • THE LIGHT PRINCESS
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A king and queen have a daughter and invite everyone to the christening except the king's sister Princess Makemnoit, a spiteful and sour woman. She arrives without an invitation and curses the princess to have no gravity. Whenever the princess accidentally moves up in the air, she has to be brought down, and the wind is capable of carrying her off. As she grows, she never cries...

    $9.00

  • MACDONALDS’ FAIRY-TALE TREASURE CHEST
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. The mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll, his writings have been cited as a major literary influence by authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien,[1] Walter de la Mare,[2] E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. This collection contai...

    $19.00

  • THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    “ [A] little-known fairy tale that’s full of girl power . . . An accidentally feminist work of children’s literature.” —Bustle   A great influence on Lewis Carroll, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle, Scottish author George MacDonald wrote this beloved fantasy in 1872.   Princess Irene is given a magical ring by her great-great-grandmother, who lives in a secret room in he...

    $85.00

  • THE PRINCESS AND CURDIE
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The sequel to The Princess and the Goblin from the Victorian-era Scottish author who influenced C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Madeleine L’Engle.   A year or two after the adventures of The Princess and the Goblin, a group of corrupt ministers are plotting to poison the king, Princess Irene’s father. Curdie, a mineworker and loyal friend, joins forces with Princess Irene to...

    $85.00

  • PHANTASTES
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A fantasy novel “about the nature of love and the cultivation of it in the soul” by the author of The Princess and the Goblin (Mere Orthodoxy).   Anodos, a young man on the verge adulthood, is spirited away to Fairyland where he encounters an array of fantastical creatures on his journey to discover goodness and beauty. As Anodos seduces—and is seduced by—the lovely denizens of...

    $85.00

  • AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The North Wind takes a young boy along on her many adventures in this classic Victorian fantasy novel by the author who inspired Lewis Carroll. Diamond is a charming young boy who spreads joy wherever he goes. But while he is accustomed to getting along well with others, he never expected to befriend the very wind howling through his bedroom. A mysterious and beautiful spirit, ...

    $85.00

  • THE MARQUIS OF LOSSIE
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A gothic novel of romance, danger, and deception—the sequel to the acclaimed Malcolm from the 19th-century Scottish literary master.   This 1877 sequel to Malcolm begins where the first volume of the doublet left off, at Lossie House in Cullen’s fictionalized Portlossie. Soon thereafter Malcolm travels to London to rescue Florimel from the harmful influences of duplicitous frie...

    $149.00

  • THE SEABOARD PARISH
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    A portrait of a minister and his family. Second in the Scottish author’s Marshmallows Trilogy following Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood. The publication in 1868 of this sequel to Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood capped off one of George MacDonald’s most productive years with a third major fiction work following Robert Falconer and Guild Court. Set in the Cornwall seaside town of...

    $149.00

  • YOUR LIFE IN CHRIST
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    This collection of theological writings by the beloved Victorian author illuminates his views on living in the light of God’s love.   The Victorian author, poet, and theologian George MacDonald inspired some of the greatest minds of the early 20th century, including the writer C.S. Lewis, who said MacDonald’s books were pivotal in leading him toward Christianity. But while MacD...

    $229.00

  • A TIME TO GROW
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The author of George MacDonald: Scotland’s Beloved Storyteller presents a wealth of Christian wisdom culled from the works of the great Victorian writer The nineteenth century author, poet, and Christian scholar George MacDonald has inspired generations with his powerful stories and sermons. Writers from Lewis Carroll to W.H. Auden cite MacDonald as a major influence, while C.S...

    $149.00

  • DISCOVERING THE CHARACTER OF GOD
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    Devotional selections from the poetry, sermons, and fiction of the great Victorian author George MacDonald.   One of the nineteenth-century's greatest thinkers, George MacDonald has inspired generations with his powerful stories and sermons. Now his words of wisdom are available in a series of devotionals compiled and edited by the MacDonald scholar and author of George MacDona...

    $229.00

  • GUTTA PERCHA WILLIE
    GEORGE MACDONALD
    The story of an industrious young boy who seeks to bring goodness to the world—from the nineteenth-century Scottish author of Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood. While still editing the magazine Good Words for the Young, MacDonald wrote this second “boy’s novel,” unconnected with but written for a similar audience as Ranald Bannerman’s story. Inventive young Willie Macmichael turns eve...

    $109.00


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