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George MacDonald's best fiction and best non-fiction

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George MacDonald's best fiction and best non-fiction

Postby liriodendron » July 1st, 2007, 4:00 am

I have been wanting to read some George MacDonald. Any recomendations? I generally prefer fiction because I can see how the author feels his philosophy applies in life. (I guess I have a learning style that understands principles better when I can see examples.)
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Re: His best fiction and best non-fiction

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Postby David Jack » July 1st, 2007, 7:03 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 Sarah N. » July 1st, 2007, 8:03 pm

Live in the world as if only God and your soul were in it; then your heart will never be made captive by any earthly thing. ~ St. John of the Cross

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Postby David Jack » July 1st, 2007, 8:11 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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MacDonald recommendations

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Re: MacDonald recommendations

Postby A#minor » July 8th, 2007, 8:57 pm

"My brain and this world don't fit each other, and there's an end of it!" - G.K. Chesterton
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Postby nomad » July 10th, 2007, 7:14 pm

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Re: MacDonald recommendations

Postby Stanley Anderson » July 10th, 2007, 7:32 pm

…on a night of rain Frodo smelled a sweet fragrance on the air and heard the sound of singing that came over the water. And then it seemed to him that as in his dream in the house of Bombadil, the grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass and was rolled back, and he beheld white shores and beyond them a fair green country under a swift sunrise.
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Postby Larry W. » July 12th, 2007, 10:45 am

At the Back of the North Wind was always my favorite. What an incredible adventure for Diamond to have known the lady who was the North Wind. The book could be described as a spiritual fantasy.

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Postby moordarjeeling » July 15th, 2007, 1:36 am

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Postby nomad » July 18th, 2007, 5:13 pm

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Postby Larry W. » July 19th, 2007, 3:44 am

I like North Wind even better than Phantastes. It is simpler and more comprehensible, and I could relate to Diamond better than the heavy complexities of Phantastes. But some people think Phatastes is his best book. C. S. Lewis said he crossed new frontier after reading it. North Wind was more like Nainia to me-- readable uncomplicated fantasy. But I admit they're both incredible books.

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