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