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George MacDonald

    10 dicembre 1824 – 18 settembre 1905

    George MacDonald fu un autore scozzese rinomato per le sue toccanti fiabe e i suoi romanzi fantasy. Le sue opere esplorano temi spirituali profondi e il suo distintivo stile narrativo ha influenzato in modo significativo le generazioni successive di scrittori. La capacità di MacDonald di intrecciare idee morali e filosofiche in storie fantasiose consolida il suo posto come figura letteraria fondamentale. L'impatto della sua scrittura è evidente nelle opere di numerosi autori acclamati che lo considerarono un maestro, apprezzando la sua capacità di evocare meraviglia e profonda riflessione nei lettori.

    George MacDonald
    At the Back of the North Wind
    The Princess and Curdie
    The Light Princess
    The Complete Fairy Tales
    The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald, Volume II. Phantastes, The Carasoyn, The Wise Woman, Lilith
    The Diary of an Old Soul & the White Page Poems
    • Brings together eleven of the author's shorter fairy stories as well as his essay The Fantastic Imagination. This title includes fairy stories that range from traditional fantasy - good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dream worlds.

      The Complete Fairy Tales
    • The Light Princess

      • 50pagine
      • 2 ore di lettura

      Originally published in 1864, this story centers a young princess who's cursed with the inability to touch the ground, but still finds love and happiness. The Light Princess is about sacrifice and redemption, while facing unsurmountable odds. When a witch isn't invited to a royal christening, she curses the child with a "loss of gravity." The young princess constantly floats on air and can only find relief while in water. Due to her circumstance, she remains figuratively and literally distant. This becomes a greater problem when her family discovers the only way to break the curse is through tears. The princess must experience the power of love and loss before she can finally be free. . The Light Princess is one of George MacDonald's most notable works. It's been adapted across multiple mediums including a musical with songs from award-winning artist, Tori Amos. It's a children's tale that delivers a compassionate message with a unique narrative. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Light Princess is both modern and readable.

      The Light Princess
    • In the years since The Princess and the Goblin Curdie has grown and started to hunt. He's begun to doubt the story of Irene's great-great grandmother, but when he meets her himself he is given a quest and a gift. When he touches anything, man or beast, he can detect what they are like on the inside. Sent on a quest with a friendly beast, Lina, for company, Curdie once again finds himself in the service of the King and the Princess. This edition features the complete unabridged text and 54 illustrations taken from numerous early printings.

      The Princess and Curdie
    • Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful Lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.

      At the Back of the North Wind
    • The book is a facsimile reprint of a scarce antiquarian work, preserving its historical significance despite potential imperfections like marks and flawed pages. It aims to protect and promote cultural literature by providing an affordable, high-quality edition that remains faithful to the original text.

      The Day Boy And The Night Girl
    • George MacDonald's classic fantasies, fairy tales, and supernatural stories are collected in three volumes. This volume includes The Portent, At the Back of the North Wind, The Flight of the Shadow, and his essays, The Imagination: Its Functions and Its Culture and The Fantastic Imagination.

      The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald I.
    • 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 much-loved tale was a personal favourite of C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. This edition includes the sequel, The Princess and Curdie.

      The Princess and the Goblin
    • Lilith

      • 252pagine
      • 9 ore di lettura

      The story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house in which he has a vision that leads him through an old mirror into another world.

      Lilith