At the Back of the North Wind: Children's Book

ISBN-10: 154305191X
ISBN-13: 9781543051919
Series: At the Back of the North Wind
Language: English
Published: 2017-02-11
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Author: George MacDonald

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At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book written by Scottish author George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.. George MacDonald (10 December 1824 - 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle.C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master" "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."Elizabeth Yates wrote of Sir Gibbie, "It moved me the way books did when, as a child, the great gates of literature began to open and first encounters with noble thoughts and utterances were unspeakably thrilling." Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald. Christian author Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) wrote in Christian Disciplines, vol. 1, (pub. 1934) that "it is a striking indication of the trend and shallowness of the modern reading public that George MacDonald's books have been so neglected." In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works on Christian apologetics including several that defended his view of Christian Universalism.

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At the Back of the North Wind: Illustrated
- 2017-10-24
- 324 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
At the Back of the North Wind
- 2017-04-28
- 164 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
At the Back of the North Wind: Illustrated
- 2015-05-06
- 298 pages
- Paperback
- Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
At the Back of the North Wind: by George MacDonald
- 2023-03-26
- 328 pages
- Paperback
- BoD - Books on Demand

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