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George MacDonald (1) (1824–1905)

Autor(a) de The Princess and the Goblin

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About the Author

George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntley, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. He attended University in Aberdeen in 1840 and then went on to Highbury College in 1848 where he studied to be a Congregational Minister, receiving his M. A. After being a minister for several years, he became a mostrar mais lecturer in English literature at Kings College in London before becoming a full-time writer. He wrote fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. In 1955, he wrote his first important original work, a long religious poem entitled Within and Without. He is best known for his fantasy novels Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith and fairy tales including The Light Princess, The Golden Key, and The Wise Woman. In 1863, he published David Eiginbrod, the first of a dozen novels that were set in Scotland and based on the lives of rural Scots. He died on September 18. 1905. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras por George MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin (1872) — Autor — 5,466 exemplares
At the Back of the North Wind (1871) 3,022 exemplares
Phantastes (1858) 2,351 exemplares
The Princess and Curdie (1883) 2,209 exemplares
Lilith (1895) 1,790 exemplares
The Light Princess (1864) 1,247 exemplares
George Macdonald: An Anthology (1946) 852 exemplares
The Golden Key (1867) 790 exemplares
Malcolm (1875) 696 exemplares
The Complete Fairy Tales (1961) 664 exemplares
The Wise Woman and Other Stories (1980) 585 exemplares
The Marquis of Lossie (1877) 532 exemplares
The Curate's Awakening (1876) 453 exemplares
The Baronet's Song (1879) 440 exemplares
The Shepherd's Castle (1883) 401 exemplares
The Maiden's Bequest (1865) 384 exemplares
Sir Gibbie (1879) 347 exemplares
Diary of an Old Soul (1880) 327 exemplares
The musician's quest (1984) 317 exemplares
The Lady's Confession (1879) 316 exemplares
The Highlander's Last Song (1986) 310 exemplares
The Grey Wolf and Other Stories (1980) 307 exemplares
The tutor's first love (1863) 285 exemplares
The Baron's Apprenticeship (1986) 284 exemplares
The Golden Key and Other Stories (1980) 283 exemplares
Unspoken Sermons (1867) 243 exemplares
Phantastes / Lilith (1954) 213 exemplares
A Daughter's Devotion (1881) 210 exemplares
The Laird's Inheritance (1881) 192 exemplares
The Minister's Restoration (1897) 182 exemplares
The Day Boy and the Night Girl (1882) 167 exemplares
The poet's homecoming (1887) 146 exemplares
Landlady's Master (1989) 145 exemplares
The Hope of the Gospel (1892) 144 exemplares
The Curate of Glaston (2001) 138 exemplares
The Vicar's Daughter (1871) 134 exemplares
The Seaboard Parish (1868) 122 exemplares
Evenor (1972) 113 exemplares
Knowing the Heart of God (1990) 111 exemplares
Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood (1871) 107 exemplares
Discovering the Character of God (1989) 96 exemplares
The Flight of the Shadow (1891) 91 exemplares
Quiet Neighborhood (1985) 85 exemplares
Heather and Snow (1893) 79 exemplares
Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood (1867) 68 exemplares
Thomas Wingfold, Curate (1876) 68 exemplares
Getting To Know Jesus (1980) 67 exemplares
Shopkeeper's Daughter (1986) 67 exemplares
Robert Falconer (1868) 64 exemplares
Donal Grant (1883) 64 exemplares
The Elect Lady (1888) 62 exemplares
Little Daylight: A Fairy Story (1945) 59 exemplares
Proving the Unseen (1989) 59 exemplares
The Miracles of Our Lord (1870) 58 exemplares
David Elginbrod (1863) 57 exemplares
The Poet and the Pauper (2-in-1) (2002) 57 exemplares
Last Castle (1986) 56 exemplares
The prodigal apprentice (1986) 56 exemplares
Warlock o' Glenwarlock (1882) 55 exemplares
What's Mine's Mine (1886) 54 exemplares
Your Life in Christ (2005) 53 exemplares
Salted With Fire (1896) 49 exemplares
Alec Forbes of Howglen (1868) 45 exemplares
Home Again (1887) 44 exemplares
There and Back (1891) 41 exemplares
On tangled paths (1987) 38 exemplares
The Story of Little Christmas (1995) 38 exemplares
St. George and St. Michael (1876) 36 exemplares
Paul Faber, Surgeon (1879) 35 exemplares
Wilfrid Cumbermede (1871) 33 exemplares
Weighed and Wanting (1882) 32 exemplares
A Rough Shaking (1891) 30 exemplares
Mary Marston (1881) 29 exemplares
A Hidden Life and Other Poems (1864) 28 exemplares
Adela Cathcart (1864) 27 exemplares
Stephen Archer and Other Tales (1994) 27 exemplares
Far Above Rubies (1898) 25 exemplares
Princess and the Goblin (1965) 23 exemplares
England's Antiphon (1868) 23 exemplares
Gutta-Percha Willie (1873) 20 exemplares
Dealings with the Fairies (2006) 20 exemplares
George MacDonald in the Pulpit (1996) 18 exemplares
Fairy Tales (1924) 16 exemplares
Cross Purposes and The Shadows (2006) 14 exemplares
Unspoken Sermons: Series Three (1987) 13 exemplares
Unspoken Sermons - Series 2 (1989) 11 exemplares
Adela Cathcart, Volume 1 (2002) 10 exemplares
Wisdom to Live By (1996) 10 exemplares
The Shadows (1864) 9 exemplares
A princesa flutuante 8 exemplares
Adela Cathcart, Volume 2 (2007) 7 exemplares
The Princess and the Goblin (1872) — Autor — 6 exemplares
Adela Cathcart, Volume 3 (2003) 6 exemplares
The Gray Wolf 6 exemplares
The Princess Treasury (2008) 4 exemplares
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V2 (2010) 4 exemplares
What's Mine's Mine - Volume 3 (2004) 4 exemplares
Papa's story and other tales (1986) 4 exemplares
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V1 (2010) 4 exemplares
Poems of George MacDonald (1887) 3 exemplares
Uncle Cornelius his story (2010) 3 exemplares
Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3 (2010) 3 exemplares
Cross Purposes 3 exemplares
The Carasoyn (2008) 3 exemplares
Um Liebe und Barmherzigkeit (1992) 3 exemplares
Fantasías (1989) 3 exemplares
Malcolm, Volume I (2008) 3 exemplares
Seaboard Parish (Volume 2) (2015) 3 exemplares
Seaboard Parish (Volume 3) (2019) 3 exemplares
Robert Falconer: The Cullen Collection Volume 7 (2018) — Autor — 2 exemplares
LADY'S CONFESSION 2 exemplares
La principessa e i goblin (2004) 2 exemplares
The Portent: The Cullen Collection Volume 3 (2018) — Autor — 2 exemplares
David Elginbrod: The Cullen Collection Volume 2 (2018) — Autor — 2 exemplares
Die Reise des Phantastes (2021) 2 exemplares
Heather and Snow vol. I (2017) 2 exemplares
LLAVE DE ORO, LA (1987) 2 exemplares
Robert Falconer Volume 3 (2010) 2 exemplares
Robert Falconer, Volume 1 (2010) 2 exemplares
The Giant's Heart 2 exemplares
The Cruel Painter (Dodo Press) (2008) 2 exemplares
The Broken Swords (2004) 2 exemplares
Robert Falconer, Volume 2 (2010) 2 exemplares
The Castle 2 exemplares
The Fairy Fleet 2 exemplares
Lady Juliet (1995) 2 exemplares
The Seaboard Parish Vol 3 (2004) 1 exemplar
Sir Gibbie vol. I 1 exemplar
Sir Gibbie vol. II 1 exemplar
Nanny's Dream 1 exemplar
Diamond's Dream 1 exemplar
Short Stories (1928) 1 exemplar
Men and Women 1 exemplar
Justice 1 exemplar
Malcom Vol. III 1 exemplar
Malcom Vol. II 1 exemplar
Works of George MacDonald (2013) 1 exemplar
Prinsessen der blev væk (2009) 1 exemplar
Within and without (2016) 1 exemplar
Port in a Storm (2015) 1 exemplar
Stephen Archer 1 exemplar
The Butcher's Bills (2015) 1 exemplar
The Wow o'Riven 1 exemplar
Prenses ile Goblin (2017) 1 exemplar

Associated Works

English Poetry, Volume III: From Tennyson to Whitman (1909) — Contribuidor — 618 exemplares
Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy (2003) — Contribuidor — 610 exemplares
Spells of Enchantment: The Wondrous Fairy Tales of Western Culture (1991) — Contribuidor — 565 exemplares
The Oxford Book of Victorian Ghost Stories (1976) — Contribuidor — 519 exemplares
The Victorian Fairytale Book (1988) — Contribuidor — 460 exemplares
The Oxford Book of Modern Fairy Tales (1993) — Contribuidor — 369 exemplares
Masterpieces of Fantasy and Wonder (1989) — Contribuidor — 329 exemplares
The New Junior Classics Volume 02: Stories of Wonder and Magic (1912) — Contribuidor — 202 exemplares
A Treasury of Fantasy (1981) — Contribuidor — 185 exemplares
100 Creepy Little Creature Stories (1994) — Contribuidor — 183 exemplares
Victorian Tales of Mystery and Detection: An Oxford Anthology (1991) — Contribuidor — 172 exemplares
The Big Book of Classic Fantasy (2019) — Contribuidor — 166 exemplares
The Young Folks' Shelf of Books, Volume 03: Magic in the Air (1962) — Contribuidor — 163 exemplares
The Fantastic Imagination (1977) — Contribuidor — 154 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Fantasy (2001) — Contribuidor — 147 exemplares
Victorian Fairy Tales: The Revolt of the Fairies and Elves (1987) — Contribuidor — 128 exemplares
New Worlds for Old (1971) — Contribuidor — 101 exemplares
The Fantastic Imagination II (1978) — Contribuidor — 96 exemplares
Storytelling and Other Poems (1949) — Contribuidor — 90 exemplares
Victorian Fairy Tales (2014) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
A Book of Princesses (1963) — Contribuidor — 87 exemplares
Scottish Ghost Stories (2009) — Contribuidor — 78 exemplares
The Random House Book of Fantasy Stories (1963) — Contribuidor — 66 exemplares
Great Short Novels of Adult Fantasy Volume II (1973) — Contribuidor — 65 exemplares
The Enchanter's Spell: Five Famous Tales (1987) — Contribuidor — 62 exemplares
The Mammoth Book of Fairy Tales (1997) — Contribuidor — 61 exemplares
Epic Fantasy Short Stories (Gothic Fantasy) (2019) — Contribuidor — 35 exemplares
LDS Women's Treasury: Insights and Inspiration for Today's Woman (1997) — Contribuidor — 28 exemplares
A Book of Princes (1964) — Contribuidor — 25 exemplares
Chills and Thrills: Tales of Terror and Enchantment (2001) — Contribuidor — 22 exemplares
Kingdoms of Sorcery: An Anthology of Adult Fantasy (1976) — Contribuidor — 21 exemplares
Christmas classics: A treasury for Latter-Day Saints (1995) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
An Anthology of Scottish Fantasy Literature (1996) — Contribuidor — 14 exemplares
Dreams and Wonders: Stories from the Dawn of Modern Fantasy (2010) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Visions and Imaginations: Classic Fantasy Fiction (2005) — Contribuidor — 13 exemplares
Phantastische Literatur 82 (1982) 11 exemplares
Letters from Hell (1886) — Prefácio, algumas edições8 exemplares
More ghosts and marvels (1934) — Contribuidor — 7 exemplares
Dreamers of Dreams: An Anthology of Fantasy (1978) — Autor — 4 exemplares
Wakacje Wśród Duchów — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

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O pai da Fantasia moderna“Ouvi dizer que, para os que entram no Reino das Fadas, não há volta. Devem continuar e atravessá-lo. Como, eu não faço a menor ideia.”A obra de fantasia clássica que influenciou C.S. Lewis e J.R.R. Tolkien, considerada uma das obras mais importantes de George MacDonald, é a história do jovem Anodos e suas aventuras no reino das fadas que, em última análise, revelam a condição humana. “Escrevo não para crianças”, disse George MacDonald, “mas para crianças, sejam elas de cinco, cinquenta ou setenta e cinco anos”. Tudo escrito com um capricho inocente e um anseio cheio de alma, o coração da jornada de Anodos através do Reino das Fadas revela uma busca espiritual que requer uma entrega de si mesmo.“Nunca escondi o fato de que o considerava meu mestre; na verdade, imagino nunca ter escrito um livro em que não fizesse nenhuma citação dele.” –– C.S. Lewis“George MacDonald [...] [criou] histórias de poder e beleza.” –– J.R.R. Tolkien “Certamente, George MacDonald é o avô de todos nós que lutamos para chegar a um acordo com a verdade por meio da fantasia.” –– Madeleine L. Engle… (mais)
 
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C. S. Lewis Introduction, Editor, Composer
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Arthur Hughes Illustrator, Cover artist
Charles Folkard Illustrator
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Maria L. Kirk Illustrator
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Joseph A. Smith Illustrator
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Andre Norton Afterword
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Joan Aiken Introduction
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Llewellyn Thomas Illustrator
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Peter Joyce Narrator
Alan M. Thomas Introduction
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Colleen Browning Illustrator
Lauren A. Mills Illustrator
Craig Yoe Illustrator
Helen Stratton Illustrator
Helen Knopper Translator
Ruth Sanderson Illustrator
W. H. Auden Afterword
Craig Yoe (Editor) Illustrator
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Ralph Tegtmeier Translator
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Estatísticas

Obras
314
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54
Membros
33,505
Popularidade
#575
Avaliação
3.9
Críticas
363
ISBN
2,477
Línguas
21
Marcado como favorito
121

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