ADELA CATHCART - The Complete Fantasy Tales Series: The Light Princess, The Shadows, Christmas Eve, The Giant's Heart, The Broken Swords, The Cruel Painter, The Castle and many more

by George MacDonald

Overview

Excerpt: "I confess I was a little dismayed to find what a solemn turn the club-stories had taken. But this dismay lasted for a moment only; for I saw that Adela was deeply interested, again wearing the look that indicates abstracted thought and feeling. I said to myself: "This is very different mental fare from what you have been used to, Adela." But she seemed able to mark, learn, and inwardly digest it, for she had the appearance of one who is stilled by the strange newness of her thoughts. I was sure that she was now experiencing a consciousness of existence quite different from anything she had known before. But it had a curious outcome." George MacDonald (1824-1905) 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. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence". Table of Contents: • CHRISTMAS EVE • CHURCH • THE CHRISTMAS DINNER • THE NEW DOCTOR • THE LIGHT PRINCESS • THE BELL • THE SCHOOLMASTER'S STORY • SONG • THE CURATE AND HIS WIFE • THE SHADOWS • THE EVENING AT THE CURATE'S • PERCY AND HIS MOTHER • THE BROKEN SWORDS • MY UNCLE PETER • THE GIANT'S HEART • A CHILD'S HOLIDAY • INTERRUPTION • PERCY • THE CRUEL PAINTER • THE CASTLE • WHAT NEXT? • GENERALSHIP • AN UNFORESEEN FORESIGHT

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9788027331314
Publisher:	E-Artnow
Publication date:	04/15/2019
Pages:	272
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.57(d)

About the Author

George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister who was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature. A mentor to Lewis Carroll and a major influence on writers from C. S. Lewis to J. R. R. Tolkien, MacDonald’s best-known books are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith, which are all fantasy novels.