George MacDonald
1824–1905
Biography
George MacDonald was a Scottish writer, poet and Congregational minister who lived from 1824 to 1905. Born in north-east Scotland, he preached and wrote about Christian belief, publishing sermons and religious works alongside his imaginative writing. He spent much of his career in England, where he mixed with other leading Victorian writers.
MacDonald is regarded as a pioneer of modern fantasy. His novels, such as Phantastes and At the Back of the North Wind, and his fairy tales combine dream-like invention with moral and spiritual meaning. Lewis Carroll counted him as a mentor, and his influence on later fantasy writers, including C. S. Lewis, is widely recognised. His religious convictions run through his fiction, which is one reason his stories are read as more than entertainment.
The site holds The Princess and the Goblin, a story of 1872 about a young princess, a miner's son named Curdie and the goblins who live beneath the mountains. It shows MacDonald writing for younger readers, and it is a good place to begin with a writer who helped shape the modern fantasy story.
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Books
The Princess and the Goblin
by George MacDonald
The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co., with black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the…
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