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George MacDonald


Born
in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
December 10, 1824

Died
September 18, 1905

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Genre
Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

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Walter Scott ...more


George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons. ...more

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Average rating: 4.05 · 126,019 ratings · 11,543 reviews · 1,610 distinct works â€� Similar authors
The Princess and the Goblin
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4.02 avg rating — 39,801 ratings — published 1872 — 2362 editions
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Phantastes
3.90 avg rating — 12,132 ratings — published 1858 — 1123 editions
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The Princess and Curdie (Pr...
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4.08 avg rating — 10,396 ratings — published 1883 — 589 editions
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The Light Princess
4.02 avg rating — 8,884 ratings — published 1864 — 330 editions
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At the Back of the North Wind
4.01 avg rating — 8,086 ratings — published 1871 — 1071 editions
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Lilith
3.88 avg rating — 7,109 ratings — published 1895 — 1352 editions
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The Golden Key
4.06 avg rating — 3,776 ratings — published 1867 — 2 editions
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Sir Gibbie
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4.34 avg rating — 1,912 ratings — published 1879 — 208 editions
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The Day Boy and the Night Girl
4.18 avg rating — 1,812 ratings — published 1882 — 75 editions
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Malcolm
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4.22 avg rating — 1,644 ratings — published 1875 — 208 editions
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“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”
― George MacDonald
tags: trust
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“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking.”
― George MacDonald
tags: creation, identity, individuality
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“Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.”
― George Mac Donald, Wilfrid Cumbermede
tags: leisure, meditation, solitude
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Nov-Dec Group reads vote, inspired by comments in the groups. Usually, 2 votes win for a 2-month duration. Write-in options are welcome.

 
  14 votes, 30.4%

 
  9 votes, 19.6%

 
  9 votes, 19.6%

The Infernal Bargain and Other Stories by D.M. Ritzlin Swords of Steel III by D.M. Ritzlin
>2015-2019 D.M. Ritzlin like The Infernal Bargain and Other Stories or Swords of Steel, Swords of Steel II, or Swords of Steel III (an omnibus edition of those 3 come out this Oct.)
 
  5 votes, 10.9%

 
  5 votes, 10.9%

The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories by Lord Dunsany Beowulf by Unknown
pre-1920 Pre-Howard Adventure or Heroic Fantasy:George MacDonald's Phantastes, Lord Dunsany's The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories, or Beowulf
 
  2 votes, 4.3%

The Coming of Conan the Cimmerian (write-in)
 
  2 votes, 4.3%

Howard Andrew Jones (write-in)
 
  0 votes, 0.0%

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