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  • Bibliography:
    122 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1868
  • Latest Book:
    July 2022
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Book List in Order: 122 titles



  • Robert Falconer, who appears briefly in THE TUTOR'S FIRST LOVE, is the main character in this compelling story of a young man's search for meaning to life and spiritual reality. Robert's mother had died when he was very young. His father, overwhel...



  • Written by one of the most beloved children's storytellers of the nineteenth century, this wonderful, magical story takes us into the world of a special little boy. Diamond is the son of a poor coachman who has named him after Old Diamond, his favori...



  • One woman rebels against society’s strictures to live a life of compassion in this thought-provoking Victorian novel by the author of Robert Falconer. This 1882 story of a dysfunctional family features another of MacDonald’s memorable female prot...



  • A fantasy novel “about the nature of love and the cultivation of it in the soul” by the author of The Princess and the Goblin (Mere Orthodoxy).   Anodos, a young man on the verge adulthood, is spirited away to Fairyland where he encounters a...



  • George MacDonald (1824-1905), the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, influenced not only C. S. Lewis but also such literary masters as Charles Williams and J. R. R. Tolkien. Though his longer fairy tales Lilith and Phantastes a...



  • The 19th-century British author’s fantastical masterpiece, “the first text to employ the idea of going through a mirror into another world” (The List, “100 Best Scottish Books of All Time”).   Subtitled, a little oddly, “A Romance,...



  • An eerie and mysterious gothic romance steeped in family secrets and deception from the Victorian-era author of The Portent and Lilith.   MacDonald’s second realistic novel written in the first person by a fictional female narrator, The Flight...



  • Hopelessly in love with the mysterious Lady Alice Hamilton, young Duncan Campbell experiences an eerie, supernatural portent--the sound of a ghostly horse--that brings to a swift climax this story of revenge and jealousy...







  • MacDonald's genius as a storyteller is seen once again in this moving, inspiring story of Alec Forbes and his friend Annie.

    Orphaned as a child, Annie's special friendship with Alec is a source of strength and security which sees them both thro...



  • An authentic Scottish-nobleman, yet humbly plying the trade of fisherman and groom. A haughty half-sister, craving attention and position. A noble lady, unaware that the humble fisherman who loves her is in reality the Marquis of Lossie. In ...




  • The woman’s body lay in an upper room of an old house overlooking the sea. Her life had been shrouded in mystery as surely as her body was now wrapped in the pale linen of death… So begins the stunning narrative of Malcolm, the Scottish fisher...



  • For your inspiration and reading pleasure, another George MacDonald classic retold for today's reader by Michael R. Phillips.

    Perhaps more than any other MacDonald novel, this story manifests one of the strongest driving forces in his spiritual...



  • A classic novel retold for today's reader by Michael R. Phillips. -- Beautifully set in the proud culture of the Scottish Highlands, THE LAIRD'S INHERITANCE introduces the reader to a young boy, Cosmo Warlock, the last in a long line of landowning ...















  • The acclaimed tale of a mute orphan with an angel’s heart. “The most direct and most beautiful of all George MacDonald’s novels.” -- Greville MacDonald, author of George MacDonald and His Wife   One of the true high marks in George MacDo...






  • When the newly arrived and beautiful stranger Juliet Meredith becomes seriously ill in Glaston, talented surgeon Paul Faber, curate Thomas Wingfold, and his wife Helen come to her rescue, but a secret from Juliet's past threatens the blossoming love ...



  • Another book in the bestselling George MacDonald classic reprint series retold for today's reader by Michael R. Phillips.

    A companion volume to The Lady's Confession and The Curate's Awakening (though each story is complete in itself), this is ...



  • Stephen Archer was a stationer bookseller and newsmonger in one of the suburbs of London. The newspapers hung in a sort of rack at his door as if for the convenience of the public to help themselves in passing....







  • 1892 Original Printing. Strictly original re-print on a Heidelberg press by Johannesen Printing and Publishing. Old World 1800's hand made edition, hard bound in forest green cotton cloth just like the originals! A classic Scottish novel with some lo...




  • A gothic novel of romance, danger, and deception -- the sequel to the acclaimed Malcolm from the 19th-century Scottish literary master.   This 1877 sequel to Malcolm begins where the first volume of the doublet left off, at Lossie House in Culle...



  • The story of a boy’s spiritual transformation in the shadow of the Scottish Highlands -- from the 19th-century author of David Elginbrod.   In George MacDonald’s most well-known novel, published in 1868, the quest of young Robert Falconer fo...



  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • The Scottish literary master’s final full-length realistic novel -- his prodigal son tour de force.  MacDonald’s 1897 novel, Salted with Fire, is replete with dense Scottish dialect and spiritual themes. The repentance (through fire) of...



  • The fictional memoirs of Victorian-era housewife. Third in the Marshmallows Trilogy following Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood and The Seaboard Parish.The Vicar’s Daughter, the 1872 sequel to The Seaboard Parish, follows the earl...




  • Irene is still a very young Princess, but she must grow up quickly when she and her mountain home are threatened by the goblins who dwell below it. Fortunately, while the goblins are busy planning their attack, Irene's mysterious grandmother is also ...



  • George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". The subjects are those of tr...






  • A masterpiece of mystery and spiritual power from one of the Victorian era’s greatest writers, the Scottish author who inspired C. S. Lewis.   This towering 1875 novel, set in the Scottish fishing village of Cullen, is considered by many as Ge...



  • "A lost legacy, startling secrets, life-changing love...Previously released as The Curate's Awakening, The Lady's Confession, and The Baron's Apprenticeship. This unforgettable trilogy depicts the spiritual awakening of curate, Thomas Wingfold, and t...



  • Tells the story of "Wee Sir Gibbie of the Highlands," a seemingly destitute orphan whose life communicates truth and goodness despite his inability to speak, and the story of Gibbie's best friend, Donal Grant....



  • This definitive one-volume anthology, assembled by renowned MacDonald scholar Rolland Hein, highlights the essential elements of George MacDonald's thought and demonstrates the full range of his creative effort. Opening with a brief biography, The He...



  • Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...



  • The Victorian-era fairy tale and sequel to The Princess and the Goblin from the Scottish author who influenced C.S. Lewis.   This second “Curdie” installment, published in 1882, is far more than a mere “children’s story.” The themes a...



  • The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories is presented here in a high quality paperback edition. This popular classic work by George MacDonald is in the English language, and may not include graphics or images from the original edition. If you enjoy...



  • This enchanted collection brings together eight of George McDonald's most well known fantasies into one delightful volume. The George McDonald Treasury includes The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The Light Princess, Phantastes, The...



  • George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired deep admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. T...



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  • The story of a young minister and his flock -- first in the Scottish author’s Marshmallows Trilogy including The Seaboard Parish and The Vicar’s Daughter.     MacDonald’s first major English novel, published in 1867, was set in the vi...



  • In George MacDonald’s Castle Warlock the young Scot Cosmo Warlock is forced to live in poverty as his family's land is sold to pay for their debts, he in time learns the importance of a spiritual inheritance. George MacDonald (10 December 1824 " ...



  • A wise woman kidnaps a spoiled Princess. As a result the Princess and her parents learn what is truly important. A story that asks whose fault is it when a child grows up to be selfish adult....



  • Two of George MacDonald's most fascinating--and meaningful--novels for children. Princess Irene and the intrepid Curdie overthrow the kingdom of the goblins with help from the princess's mysterious and powerful grandmother. More than just children's ...



  • Collected here in one omnibus edition are all four of George MacDonald's princess stories. These wonderful fantasy stories have captivated children for more than a generation. Included here are The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, Th...



  • George MacDonald's classic fantasies, fairy tales, and supernatural stories are collected in three volumes. This volume includes The Portent, At the Back of the North Wind, The Flight of the Shadow, and his essays, The Imagination: Its Functions and ...




  • George MacDonald's classic fantasies, fairy tales, and supernatural stories are collected in three volumes. This volume includes The Princess and the Goblin, The Princess and Curdie, The Light Princess, and The History of Photogen and Nycteris. It al...



  • When he had been at school for about three weeks, the boys called him Six-fingered Jack; but his real name was Willie, for his father and mother gave it him-not William, but Willie, after a brother of his father, who died young, and had always been c...



  • George MacDonald was one of the foremost fantasy writers of the 19th century and influenced just about every writer that came after him. He was a mentor of Lewis Carroll, a friend of Mark Twain's, and a man who helped shape the works of authors like ...



  • Dealing with Faeries is George MacDonald's first and most famous collection of fairytales. This volume containes: The Light Princess, The Giants Heart, The Shadows, Cross Purposes, The Golden Key...



  • George MacDonald is famous for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels. He was a great inspiration to many writers of his time including C. S. Lewis, who wrote "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read...



  • George MacDonald is famous for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels. He was a great inspiration to many writers of his time including C. S. Lewis, who wrote "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read...



  • George MacDonald was one of the foremost fantasy writers of the 19th century and influenced just about every writer that came after him. He was a mentor of Lewis Carroll, a friend of Mark Twain's, and a man who helped shape the works of authors like ...




  • This collection assembles six of George MacDonald’s best works of short fiction, which have inspired the imaginations of readers for over a century. From the the titular story of a neglected child who restores her family through a heart-rending dis...




  • This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of time and offer them at a reduced, affordable price, in an attractive volume so that everyone can enjoy them....



  • THIS IS NOT A HASTILY ASSEMBLED SCAN OR "FACSIMILE EDITION" OF THIS WORK. EVERY LETTER AND WORD OF THE ORIGINAL HAS BEEN RESET AND CAREFULLY PROOFED FOR ACCURACY. !!WITH OVER 40 ILLUSTRATIONS!! Ghosts come in many guises. There are ill-mannered and w...



  • THE COLLECTED FAIRY TALES AND FANTASIES OF GEORGE MACDONALD includes more than 20 novels and short stories by noted English fantasy and fairy tale writer George MacDonald, including his well-known masterpiece, THE PRINCESS AND THE GOBLIN.• Phantast...



  • George MacDonald (10 December 1824 " 18 September 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 a...



  • Adelia Cathcart has an illness of the spirit -- perhaps an illness of the soul. No one can scry the secret of her malady. Until someone notices Adelia seems for a moment to come back to life as someone tells a story. We should read her stories, he sa...



  • Adelia Cathcart has an illness of the spirit -- perhaps an illness of the soul. No one can scry the secret of her malady. Until someone notices Adelia seems for a moment to come back to life as someone tells a story. We should read her stories, he sa...



  • A perfect baby shower gift from a bestselling and beloved artist known for capturing the special moments of family life.Where did you get those eyes so blue? What makes the light in them sparkle and spin? What makes your forehead so smooth and high?T...



  • A gothic ghost story of romance, adventure, and the supernatural from the acclaimed 19th-century author of Phantastes. The Portent was originally written for magazine serialization several years prior to its release in book form in 1864. Shorter...



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    Fairy tales told around the fire on Christmas Eve -- including “The Light Princess,” “The Shadows,” “The Golden Key,” and “The Giant’s Heart.”   Reminiscent of Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, MacDonald’s attempt to pa...



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    A masterful and timeless novel from the renowned Scottish author -- the work that established his place in the pantheon of British literature. Released in 1865 as the second of his major Scottish novels, many consider Alec Forbes of Howglen Geor...



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    A striking collection of narrative poems about an old soul. The poems are remarkable for their stirring portrayal of human emotions. The poems are an emblem of sensitivity. A sure treat for all poetry lovers....



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    George MacDonald was a Scottish author and Christian minister.  MacDonald was an early writer of the fantasy novel and his works influenced authors such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.  This edition of David Elginbrod includes a table of ...



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    The Day Boy and Night Girl - also referred to as The Romance of Photogen and Nycteris - first appeared in Harper's Young People as a series between December of 1879 and January of 1880. Regarded as George MacDonald's best work, it features a ...



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    A gothic thriller of good versus evil played out in the heart of a mysterious castle -- the sequel to Sir Gibbie by the 19th-century Scottish author.   As well as being MacDonald’s longest book, the magnificent Donal Grant is a novel with ever...



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    George MacDonald was a Scottish author and Christian minister.  MacDonald was an early writer of the fantasy novel and his works influenced authors such as C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien.  This edition of A Double Story includes a table of c...



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    A novel on the nature of goodness and the concept of the true church from the 19th-century Scottish author of Home Again. Although one of MacDonald’s lesser-known books, The Elect Lady, published in 1888, stands out for the memorable relation...



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    George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer well known, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, and...



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    A beautiful tale by MacDonald about two children, a young girl and a boy. They live in a fairy land and travel together to another mysterious land. On their way, their paths get separated and each goes through unusual experiences. The book is full of...



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    A Dickensian novel of London society and of a man who breathes spiritual life into his surroundings -- from the Victorian-era author of Robert Falconer.   Following on the heels of Robert Falconer’s hugely influential and controversial story,&...



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    George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Though no longer a household name, his works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) have inspired deep admiration in such notables as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. T...



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    Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high quality, modern editions, using the original text and...



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    George MacDonald was one of the foremost fantasy writers of the 19th century and influenced just about every writer that came after him. He was a mentor of Lewis Carroll, a friend of Mark Twain's, and a man who helped shape the works of authors like ...



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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    "George MacDonald was a 19th century Scottish writer, poet and minister. He is best known for his fairy tales and fantasies. His best-known works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith. MacDonald says o...



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    I think every man who can should help his people to inherit the earth by bringing into his own of the wealth of other tongues. In the flower-pots of translation I offer these few exotics, with no little labour taught to exist, I hope to breathe, in E...



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    The 19th-century Scottish author delivers a novel of a homeless orphan who finds peace in the company of animals and his own innate goodness. One of George MacDonald’s realistic novels, A Rough Shaking takes its title from a devastating earthquake...



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    A portrait of a minister and his family. Second in the Scottish author’s Marshmallows Trilogy following Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood. The publication in 1868 of this sequel to Annals of a Quiet Neighbourhood capped off one of Geor...



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    Some of the readers of this tale will be glad to know that the passage with which it ends is a real dream; and that, with but three or four changes almost too slight to require acknowl- edging, I have given it word for word as the friend to whom it c...



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    A swift, gray November wind had taken every chimney of the house for an organ-pipe, and was roaring in them all at once, quelling the more distant and varied noises of the woods, which moaned and surged like a sea. Helen Lingard had not been out all ...



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    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available a...



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    A novel of a mysterious castle, unknown treasure, romance, and duplicity from the Victorian-era author of Lilith. “One of MacDonald’s very best.” -- Richard Reis, author of George MacDonald’s Fiction This dark realistic novel is som...



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    A Victorian-era fairy tale of one woman’s quest to redeem a selfish girl -- from the Scottish author of The Princess and the Goblin.   This shorter fairy tale “Double Story” (by which title it was also published), tells the story of spoil...



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    Diamond and the North Wind is an illustrated story about a boy living in London in the 1800s. His father is a coachman for a rich gentleman and their family lives in his carriage house. Diamond is visited by the North Wind who takes him with her as s...


Award-Winning Books by George MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin
1986 Gold Medallion Book Award -- Classics


Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

George MacDonald has published 122 books.

George MacDonald does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, The Portent, was published in July 2022.

The first book by George MacDonald, The Musician's Quest, was published in January 1868.

No. George MacDonald does not write books in series.