George MacDonald

George MacDonald

George MacDonald has written at least 119 books. Their most popular book is The Princess and the Goblin with 76 saves with an average rating of 3.82⭐.

They are best known for writing in the genres Fantasy, Classics, and Adventure.

Author Bio

Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire in 1824. He was one of the six sons of a prosperous weaver.
His mother died when he was eight, and his father married again. His upbringing was strict, but he enjoyed living in the country. His book "Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood," about a family of motherless boys living in Scotland, probably reflects some of his childhood experiences.
He went to Aberdeen University, and spent a few years as a congregational minister before he gave his time entirely to writing. He and his wife had eleven children, and they lived for a while in a house at Hammersmith, where William Morris lived afterwards. Lewis Carroll was among their family friends.
George MacDonald wrote at least fifty books. Most of his novels and poems are hardly remembered now, but two of his grown-up fairy tales, "Phantostes" and "Lilith," which were published in 1858 and 1895, are still well known. He is most famous, however, for his children's books, which include "The Light Princess and Other Stories," published in 1867, and "At the Back of the North Wind," in 1870. "The Princess and the Goblin" appeared in 1871, and its sequel. "The Princess and Curdie," was first published in book form in 1882.
George MacDonald died in 1905.
(Taken from The Princess and Curdie. Puffin, 1971 edition)

The Princess and the Goblin

#1 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie

The Princess and the Goblin
ByGeorge MacDonald

1872 • 76 Readers • 364 pages 3.8

Phantastes

Phantastes
ByGeorge MacDonald

1858 • 38 Readers • 284 pages 3.8

At the back of the North Wind

1871 • 19 Readers • 341 pages 3.6

The Princess and Curdie

#2 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie

The Princess and Curdie
ByGeorge MacDonald

1883 • 18 Readers • 127 pages 3.9

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Lilith
ByGeorge MacDonald

1895 • 17 Readers 3.4

The Light Princess

The Light Princess
ByGeorge MacDonald

1988 • 17 Readers • 43 pages 4.2

The Complete Fairy Tales

The Complete Fairy Tales
ByGeorge MacDonald

1882 • 6 Readers • 354 pages 5

The Light Princess and Other Fairy Stories

2006 • 5 Readers • 132 pages 4.5

The Golden Key

The Golden Key
ByGeorge MacDonald

1867 • 5 Readers • 96 pages 5

The day boy and the night girl

3 Readers 4.5

Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy

Tales Before Tolkien: The Roots of Modern Fantasy
ByL. Frank Baum(Contributor),Douglas A. Anderson(Editor)

2003 • 3 Readers • 528 pages

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The Mammoth Book of Fantasy
ByTheodore R. Cogswell(Contributor),Michael Moorcock(Contributor)

2001 • 3 Readers 3

Terrifying Transformations

Terrifying Transformations
ByAlexis Easley(Editor),Shannon Scott(Editor)

2012 • 2 Readers • 378 pages

Metamorfoze

Metamorfoze
ByAndreea Sterea(Editor),Algernon Blackwood(Contributor)

2015 • 2 Readers • 205 pages 5

An Anthology: 365 Readings

An Anthology: 365 Readings
ByGeorge MacDonald

1947 • 2 Readers • 169 pages 4

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1866 • 2 Readers • 416 pages 4.3

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Scottish Folk and Fairy Tales
ByGordon Jarvie(Editor),Barbara Brown(Illustrator)

1992 • 2 Readers • 199 pages 5

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The Wise Woman and Other Stories
ByGeorge MacDonald,Craig Yoe

1875 • 2 Readers • 182 pages 5

In the Shadow of Edgar Allan Poe: Classic Tales of Horror, 1816-1914

2015 • 2 Readers • 336 pages

The Golden Key

The Golden Key
ByGeorge MacDonald

1867 • 1 Reader • 136 pages

TALES OF THE WANDERING JEW

TALES OF THE WANDERING JEW
ByBrian M. Stableford(Editor, Contributor),Anonymous(Contributor)

1991 • 1 Reader • 368 pages

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Hymns to the Night Spiritual Songs
ByNovalis,George MacDonald(Translator)

1 Reader 4

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Novalis Including Hymns to the Night
ByNovalis,Hans Jürgen Balmes,+1 more

1978 • 1 Reader

The lost princess

The lost princess
ByGeorge MacDonald

1 Reader 5

The Fantastic Imagination of George MacDonald

1 Reader 5

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1864 • 1 Reader • 320 pages

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Halloween Boxed Set
ByH.P. Lovecraft,Théophile Gautier,+62 more

1 Reader

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Into the Eternal Darkness
ByThéophile Gautier,William Blake,+68 more

1 Reader • 16,903 pages

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Vampire Classics
ByJohn William Polidori,Thomas Preskett Prest,+6 more

1 Reader

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CHILDHOOD CLASSICS - Ultimate Collection
ByJ.M. Barrie,Louisa May Alcott,+56 more

1 Reader

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2007 • 1 Reader

The Greatest Children's Classics of All Time

The Greatest Children's Classics of All Time
ByJules Verne,Lewis Carroll,+57 more

2022 • 1 Reader • 15,557 pages

The Complete Fairy Tales of George MacDonald

1882 • 1 Reader • 288 pages

The Classic Fantasy Collection

The Classic Fantasy Collection
ByRobert E. Howard,H. P. Lovecraft,+9 more

2017 • 1 Reader 3

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The Read-Aloud Treasury, Vol. 1
ByKenneth Grahame,Mary Lamb,+8 more

2014 • 1 Reader

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#1-3 of 1 in What's Mine's Mine

The Highlander's Last Song
ByGeorge MacDonald

1886 • 1 Reader

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women

1858 • 1 Reader

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2018 • 1 Reader • 4,043 pages

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Princess and the Goblin
ByGeorge MacDonald

1 Reader

Lilith: A Romance

Lilith: A Romance
ByGeorge MacDonald

1895 • 1 Reader

Pool of Radiance Cluebook

Pool of Radiance Cluebook
ByGeorge MacDonald

1 Reader • 63 pages 4

George MacDonald: An Anthology - 365 Readings

1947 • 1 Reader • 182 pages

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1 Reader

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Thomas Wingfold, Curate V2
ByGeorge MacDonald

2004 • 1 Reader 5

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Thomas Wingfold, Curate V3
ByGeorge MacDonald

2004 • 1 Reader 5

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Thomas Wingfold, Curate V1
ByGeorge MacDonald

2004 • 1 Reader 5

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Lilith, a romance
ByGeorge MacDonald

1895 • 1 Reader 4

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Hope of the Gospel
ByGeorge MacDonald

1 Reader 4

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A Princesa Leve
ByGeorge MacDonald,Cláudia Mello Belhassof(Translator)

1864 • 1 Reader • 52 pages 5

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The Fisherman's Lady
ByGeorge MacDonald,Michael R. Phillips

1 Reader

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The Marquis' Secret
ByGeorge MacDonald

1 Reader

Fantastes

Fantastes
ByGeorge MacDonald,Juan Jose Llanos(Translator)

1858 • 1 Reader • 271 pages

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1981 • 1 Reader 5

Phantastes: A Faerie Romance

1858 • 1 Reader • 225 pages

Malcolm

#1 of 1 in Malcolm

Malcolm
ByGeorge MacDonald,David Jack(Translator)

1875 • 1 Reader • 583 pages

The Princess and the Goblin / Princess and Curdie

#1 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie

1970 • 1 Reader 4

The Golden Key and Other Stories

1867 • 1 Reader • 128 pages 2

The princess and the goblin

#1 of 2 in Hearts and Hoofbeats

The princess and the goblin
ByGeorge MacDonald

1926 • 1 Reader • 267 pages

Os Melhores Contos de Fadas Celtas

#3 of 1 in Coleção Áurea - Especial Contos de Fadas

Os Melhores Contos de Fadas Celtas
ByJoseph Jacobs,George MacDonald,+17 more

2020 • 1 Reader • 416 pages

The golden key

The golden key
ByGeorge MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin Illustrated

2021 • 194 pages

The Princess and the Goblin and Other Fairy Tales

2014 • 398 pages

The Greatest Classics Ever Written

The Greatest Classics Ever Written
ByHerman Hesse,Marcel Proust,+98 more

2018 • 40,892 pages

The Greatest Sci-Fi Classics

The Greatest Sci-Fi Classics
ByJules Verne,H. G. Wells,+16 more

2018 • 4,304 pages

The Anthology of the Greatest Sci-Fi Classics

The Anthology of the Greatest Sci-Fi Classics
ByJules Verne,Mark Twain,+16 more

2022 • 3,861 pages

What's Mine's Mine -

What's Mine's Mine -
ByGeorge MacDonald

2015 • 130 pages

55 Great Books of Christmas

55 Great Books of Christmas
ByWilliam Shakespeare,Charles Dickens,+23 more

2019

180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die

180 Masterpieces You Should Read Before You Die
ByVirginia Woolf,P. B. Shelley,+74 more

2020 • 20,095 pages

Más allá del viento del norte

2016 • 448 pages

George Macdonald - The Unspoken Sermons

1866 • 226 pages

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2018 • 6,500 pages

The Light Princess and Other Stories

1980 • 196 pages

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2018 • 6,500 pages

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Mystique of the Darkness: 100+ Gothic Classics
ByCharles Dickens,Friedrich Schiller,+65 more

2022 • 16,564 pages

The Poet's Homecoming

The Poet's Homecoming
ByGeorge MacDonald,Michael R. Phillips

1990

Diary of an Old Soul

Diary of an Old Soul
ByGeorge MacDonald

1890 • 137 pages

The laird's inheritance

The laird's inheritance
ByGeorge MacDonald

The golden key

The golden key
ByGeorge MacDonald

The Princess and the Goblin

The Princess and the Goblin
ByGeorge MacDonald

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100 Christmas Classics
ByBjørnstjerne Bjørnson,Selma Lagerlöf,+89 more

2022 • 5,574 pages

The Golden Key

The Golden Key
ByGeorge MacDonald

A Treasury of Christmas classics.

A Treasury of Christmas classics.
ByWilliam Shakespeare,George MacDonald,+16 more

1994 • 158 pages

The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read

The Ultimate Book Club: 180 Books You Should Read
ByRobert Louis Stevenson,Henrik Ibsen,+80 more

2020 • 27,947 pages

Phantastes, A Faerie Romance

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The Greatest Classics of All Time
ByJohann Wolfgang von Goethe,Stendhal,+98 more

2022 • 28,591 pages

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The Book of Gothic Tales
ByCharles Dickens,Oscar Wilde,+44 more

2022 • 9,612 pages

The Greatest Gothic Classics of All Time

The Greatest Gothic Classics of All Time
ByH. P. Lovecraft,Edgar Allan Poe,+45 more

2020 • 10,814 pages

Papa's story and other tales

The Wise Woman

The Wise Woman
ByGeorge MacDonald

Sir Gibbie

Sir Gibbie
ByGeorge MacDonald

HALLOWEEN COLLECTION TREAT

HALLOWEEN COLLECTION TREAT
ByThéophile Gautier,Richard Marsh,+98 more

2019 • 29,324 pages

LOST WORLDS

LOST WORLDS
ByH. G. Wells,Abraham Merritt,+9 more

2018 • 4,022 pages

THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY CHEER: 180+ Novels, Tales & Poems in One Volume

2017 • 8,099 pages