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George MacDonald's best fiction and best non-fiction

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Postby ainulindale » June 9th, 2008, 9:09 pm

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Postby blindlemonpie » June 21st, 2008, 4:46 am

I found The Light Princess at my local library today, and I'm half-way through it.
:read: It was in the children's section, and I think it might be a bit germy as I seem to have a cold coming on.
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Postby David Jack » June 23rd, 2008, 4:54 pm

"This is and has been the Father’s work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart.” George MacDonald.
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Postby nomad » July 30th, 2008, 1:24 am

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Postby David Jack » July 30th, 2008, 9:26 am

"This is and has been the Father’s work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart.” George MacDonald.
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Postby nomad » August 5th, 2008, 12:58 am

Oh, sorry, I think it was The Broken Sword - singular. My collection doesnt have nanny's dream or diamond's dream. And I'm trying to remember what cross purposes was... help?

The main reason I didn't care for the castle was that it was a much more direct alegory than the rest. Which I found made it sorta flat.
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Postby David Jack » August 5th, 2008, 9:28 am

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Postby nomad » August 9th, 2008, 1:38 am

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Postby Larry W. » August 9th, 2008, 10:20 am

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Re: George MacDonald's best fiction and best non-fiction

Postby rumzy » August 12th, 2008, 8:32 pm

So long, and thanks for all the fish.
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Postby David Jack » August 26th, 2008, 12:49 pm

"This is and has been the Father’s work from the beginning-to bring us into the home of His heart.” George MacDonald.
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Postby Tumnus's Books » August 31st, 2008, 1:19 am

I am currently reading Macdonald's Phantastes at the moment, and you can see some of the influence he provided for Lewis in sentence structure and turns of phrases...
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Postby David Jack » September 3rd, 2008, 11:04 am

absolutely. the same is true of many, if not most of macdonald's fantasy novels. in particular, i remember 'the wise woman' and 'lilith' having aspects that would be borrowed or adapted by lewis.
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Postby David Jack » October 16th, 2008, 2:45 pm

having now finished 'lilith' i can confidently add it to the list of macdonald's best books. it's a harder read than phantastes, but a worthy companion to it and comparable in terms of spiritual symbolism and 'fantastic imagination' (to borrow a term from the man himself.)
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Postby peterlloyd » November 17th, 2008, 5:06 am

For those searching for Macdonald's books, try google book search - quickest way is advanced search for FULL VIEW and author GEORGE MACDONALD - there's quite a few available - downloadable and printable - for free!
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