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Delphi Complete Works of George MacDonald (Illustrated)

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A pioneering author of fantasy literature and the mentor of Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald produced a diverse body of works, including realist novels, children’s fantasy classics, innovative short stories, leading poetry and a range of non-fiction texts. For the first time in publishing history, this comprehensive eBook presents MacDonald’s complete works, with numerous illustrations, rare texts, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 2)

* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to MacDonald’s life and works

* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts

* ALL 37 novels, with individual contents tables

* Images of how the books were first printed, giving your eReader a taste of the Victorian texts

* Excellent formatting of the texts

* Famous works such as THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN are fully illustrated with their original artwork

* Special chronological and alphabetical contents tables for the poetry and the short stories

* Rare short stories often missed out of collections

* Easily locate the poems or short stories you want to read

* Includes MacDonald’s non-fiction – spend hours exploring the author’s complete works

* Special bonus biography – discover MacDonald’s literary life

* Scholarly ordering of texts into chronological order and literary genres

* UPDATED with improved texts and a brief biography

CONTENTS:

The Novels

Phantastes

David Elginbrod

Adela Cathcart

The Portent

Alec Forbes of Howglen

Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood

Guild Court

Robert Falconer

The Seaboard Parish

At the Back of the North Wind

Ranald Bannerman’s Boyhood

Wilfrid Cumbermede

The Vicar’s Daughter

The Princess and the Goblin

The History of Gutta Percha Willie, the Working Genius

The Wise Woman: A Parable

Malcolm

St. George and St. Michael

Thomas Wingfold, Curate

The Marquis of Lossie

Paul Faber, Surgeon

Sir Gibbie

Mary Marston

Warlock O’ Glenwarlock

Weighed and Wanting

The Day Boy and the Night Girl

Donal Grant

The Princess and Curdie

What’s Mine’s Mine

Home Again

The Elect Lady

The Flight of the Shadow

A Rough Shaking

There and Back

Heather and Snow

Lilith

Salted with Fire

The Shorter Fiction

Dealings with the Fairies

Works of Fancy and Imagination

The Gifts of the Child Christ and Other Tales

Far Above Rubies

The Short Stories

List of Short Stories in Chronological Order

List of Short Stories in Alphabetical Order

The Poetry

Introduction to MacDonald’s Poetry

List of Poems in Chronological Order

List of Poems in Alphabetical Order

The Non-Fiction

Unspoken Sermons

England’s Antiphon

The Miracles of Our Lord

Preface: ‘Letters from Hell’ by Valdemar Adolph Thisted

The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: A Study with the Test of the Folio of 1623

Unspoken Sermons, Second Series

Preface: ‘For the Right’ by Karl Emil Franzos, 1888

Unspoken Sermons, Third Series

Preface: ‘A Cabinet of Gems, Cut and Polished by Sir Philip Sidney’

The Hope of the Gospel

A Dish of Orts

Beautiful Thoughts from George MacDonald

The Biographies

George MacDonald, a Biographical and Critical Appreciation by Joseph Johnson

George MacDonald by Annie Matheson