New Releases by George MacDonald

George MacDonald is the author of Miracles of Our Lord (2026), Flashman (2025), The Princess & The Goblin (2024), Phantastes; A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (2022), The Princess and Curdie (2021).

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Miracles of Our Lord

release date: Feb 12, 2026
Miracles of Our Lord
Miracles of Our Lord presents George MacDonald’s theological reflection on the miracles of Jesus as revelations of God’s character rather than displays of supernatural power. In the opening, MacDonald clarifies that faith does not rest on belief in miracles themselves but on understanding the divine love and purpose they reveal. Miracles are described as acts of restoration and harmony that express God’s will for creation. Events such as the wedding at Cana are interpreted as signs of God’s presence within ordinary human joy and need. The work ultimately invites readers to see miracles as guides toward a deeper, lived relationship with God rather than as isolated wonders.

Flashman

release date: Jan 27, 2025
Flashman
Tunante, mentiroso, fullero, ladrón, cobarde y bribón de marca mayor A Harry Flashman lo han expulsado de su elitista internado por embriaguez. ¡Cómo se atreven! Un hombre como él, viril y decidido, ¡cómo es posible que no le dejen beber cerveza hasta caer redondo! Pero el futuro tiene planes para Flashman. Tras un fugaz romance con la amante de su padre, se alista en el Ejército para trepar y hacer fortuna, pero ni los húsares de lord Cardigan conseguirán meterlo en vereda. De Inglaterra a Escocia, de la India a Afganistán. ¡Únete al caballero más canalla en sus peligrosas y excitantes aventuras por todo el mundo! El truhan más grande que jamás ha existido, al servicio de su británica majestad

The Princess & The Goblin

release date: Nov 24, 2024
The Princess & The Goblin
The Princess and the Goblin is a children''s fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co. The sequel to this book is The Princess and Curdie. Anne Thaxter Eaton writes in A Critical History of Children''s Literature that The Princess and the Goblin and its sequel "quietly suggest in every incident ideas of courage and honor." Jeffrey Holdaway, in the New Zealand Art Monthly, said that both books start out as "normal fairytales but slowly become stranger", and that they contain layers of symbolism similar to that of Lewis Carroll''s work.

Phantastes; A Faerie Romance for Men and Women

release date: Oct 20, 2022

The Princess and Curdie

release date: Aug 04, 2021
The Princess and Curdie
The Princess and Curdie - George MacDonald - Princess Irene''s discovery of a secret stair leads to a wonderful revelation.The Princess and Curdie is a children''s classic fantasy novel by George MacDonald from late 1883.The book is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene''s father, the king. Irene''s grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest.

The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald

release date: Apr 03, 2021
The Princess and the Goblin - George MacDonald
A new edition of George MacDonald's classic allegorical fairy tale, originally published in 1872. The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was first published in 1872 by Strahan & Co. Eight-year-old Princess Irene lives a lonely life in a castle in a wild, desolate, mountainous kingdom, with only her nursemaid, Lootie, for company. Her father, the king, is normally absent, and her mother is dead. Unknown to her, the nearby mines are inhabited by a race of goblins, long banished from the kingdom and now anxious to take revenge on their human neighbours.....

Lilith: A Romance

release date: Mar 02, 2021
Lilith: A Romance
A library owner, guided by a spirit, travels through a magic mirror where he visits a mystical realm full of supernatural figures and dormant souls. Lilith: A Romance is a dark fantasy fueled by symbolism and moral allegories. After Mr. Vane inherits his parents’ estate, he encounters a mysterious figure in its library. The entity is called Raven, and leads him to an old mirror, which offers a pathway to another world. Mr. Vane engages and quickly discovers a new land filled with eccentric characters and creatures. He meets the beautiful but dangerous Lilith, who shares a complicated history with Raven. Through this venture, Mr. Vane is unknowingly pulled into a spiritual and familial battle. Lilith: A Romance is a fantasy novel that explores life, love, death and redemption. It shows how a spiritual awakening can affect every aspect of one’s life. The reader must attempt to separate good from evil as well as dreams from reality. With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Lilith: A Romance is both modern and readable.

The Princess and Curdie Illustrated

release date: Nov 05, 2020
The Princess and Curdie Illustrated
The Princess and Curdie is a children's classic fantasy novel by George MacDonald from late 1883..The book is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest.

The Princess and the Goblin Annotated

release date: Oct 25, 2020
The Princess and the Goblin Annotated
The Princess and the Goblin is a children's fantasy novel by George MacDonald. It was published in 1872 by Strahan & Co., with black-and-white illustrations by Arthur Hughes. Strahan had published the story and illustrations as a serial in the monthly magazine Good Words for the Young, beginning November 1870.

Lilith .

release date: Oct 13, 2019
Lilith .
Lilith is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald, first published in 1895. It was reprinted in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in September 1969.Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. In the story, MacDonald mentions a cosmic sleep that heals tortured souls, preceding the salvation of all. MacDonald was a Christian universalist, believing that all will eventually be saved. However, in this story, divine punishment is not taken lightly, and salvation is hard-won.

At the Back of the North Wind

release date: Feb 11, 2017
At the Back of the North Wind
At the Back of the North Wind is a children''s book written by Scottish author George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children''s magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.. 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 as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L''Engle.C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master" "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence."Elizabeth Yates wrote of Sir Gibbie, "It moved me the way books did when, as a child, the great gates of literature began to open and first encounters with noble thoughts and utterances were unspeakably thrilling." Even Mark Twain, who initially disliked MacDonald, became friends with him, and there is some evidence that Twain was influenced by MacDonald. Christian author Oswald Chambers (1874-1917) wrote in Christian Disciplines, vol. 1, (pub. 1934) that "it is a striking indication of the trend and shallowness of the modern reading public that George MacDonald''s books have been so neglected." In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works on Christian apologetics including several that defended his view of Christian Universalism.

Lilith (1895). by George MacDonald

release date: Dec 11, 2016
Lilith (1895). by George MacDonald
Lilith is a fantasy novel written by Scottish writer George MacDonald and first published in 1895. Its importance was recognized in its later revival in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fifth volume of the celebrated Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in September 1969.Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. In the story, MacDonald mentions a cosmic sleep that heals tortured souls, preceding the salvation of all. MacDonald was a Christian universalist, believing that all will eventually be saved. However, in this story, divine punishment is not taken lightly, and salvation is hard-won.Mr. Vane, the protagonist of Lilith, owns a library that seems to be haunted by the former librarian, who looks much like a raven from the brief glimpses he catches of the wraith. After finally encountering the supposed ghost, the mysterious Mr. Raven, Vane learns that Raven had known his father; indeed, Vane's father had visited the strange parallel universe from which Raven comes and goes and now resides therein. Vane follows Raven into the world through a mirror (this symbolistic realm is described as "the region of the seven dimensions," a term taken from Jacob Boehme). Inside the world, Vane learns of a house of beds where the dreamers sleep until the end of the world in death: a good death, in which life is found. Vane's grandfather refused to sleep there and is, instead, forced to do battle with skeletons in a haunted wood. After a treacherous journey through a valley (where the moon is the only thing to keep him safe), Mr. Vane meets the Little Ones, children who never grow up, remaining pure children or becoming selfish and getting bigger and dumber, turning into "bags" or bad giants. After conversing with Lona, the eldest of the children, Mr. Vane decides to help them, and sets off to gather more information, although the Raven (who is also Adam) has warned Mr. Vane that he needs to sleep along with the dreamers before he can really help them........ Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel written by George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. It was later reprinted in paperback by Ballantine Books as the fourteenth volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April 1970. The story centres on the character Anodos ("pathless," or "ascent" in Greek) and takes its inspiration from German Romanticism, particularly Novalis. The story concerns a young man who is pulled into a dreamlike world and there hunts for his ideal of female beauty, embodied by the "Marble Lady." Anodos lives through many adventures and temptations while in the other world, until he is finally ready to give up his ideals. The edition published in 1905 was illustrated by Pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes. C.S. Lewis wrote, concerning his first reading of Phantastes at age sixteen, "That night my imagination was, in a certain sense, baptized; the rest of me not unnaturally, took longer. I had not the faintest notion what I had let myself in for by buying Phantastes............ 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 as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle.C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master" "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." .....

The Princess and Curdie (children's Classic Fantasy) NOVEL by George MacDonal

release date: Jun 24, 2016
The Princess and Curdie (children's Classic Fantasy) NOVEL by George MacDonal
The Princess and Curdie is a children's classic fantasy novel by George MacDonald from late 1883. The book is the sequel to The Princess and the Goblin. The adventure continues with Princess Irene and Curdie a year or two older. They must overthrow a set of corrupt ministers who are poisoning Irene's father, the king. Irene's grandmother also reappears and gives Curdie a strange gift. A monster called Lina aids his quest.Two years have passed since the last book, and Princess Irene and her father go to Gwyntystorm, while Curdie (a miner boy who is the friend of the Princess) stays at home with his mother and father. As the years go by, Curdie begins to hunt for pleasure. He also slowly begins to doubt Irene's story of her great-great grandmother. One day, he shoots down a white pigeon. Curdie then remembers Irene's tale of her grandmother's pigeons, assumes the one he has shot down was one of them, and becomes aware of his folly. A light appears at the roof of the castle, and Curdie follows it. There, Curdie meets the old Princess, who appears small and withered, contrary to Irene's descriptions. The old Princess gently tells Curdie of his wrong thinking, and he confesses. Because he now believes, the pigeon heals. He is then told to keep his bow and arrows but use them for good instead of bad things. The old Princess then tells Curdie he must go on a special quest. Before she sends him, she burns his hands in her special fire of roses. His cleansed hands now possess the ability to be able to feel the hands of his fellow men and detect what kind of person (or beast) they are on the inside. She also gives Curdie's father a special emerald to keep while Curdie is away on the quest. If Curdie is in danger, the emerald will change colour, to alert his father to go after him. Curdie is given a monstrous yet friendly beast, Lina, as his only travelling companion. Lina saves him from many perils as they travel to Gwyntystorm. Once they reach their destination, Curdie's task becomes clear: he finds himself at the King's palace, where the King lies weak and ill in his bedchamber with his daughter Irene his only nurse. Having sneaked in to spy on what is going on and eavesdrop on the palace servants, Curdie realises that the King's "doctor" is actually slowly poisoning him. The palace servants and courtiers have all become morally corrupt and enemies of the king. No one can be trusted and both the Princess and the King are in mortal danger, so Curdie realises why the Old Princess has sent him: he must save the king (Irene's father) from a plot to poison him and steal his kingdom by forcibly marrying his daughter Princess Irene to an evil pretender. With the aid of the old Princess, who has been disguised as a housemaid, the king, his daughter, and the kingdom are saved. Curdie and Princess Irene are later married and rule the kingdom after the king dies. However, they have no children, and after they both die, the kingdom deteriorates until one day it collapses and has never been spoken of again.

The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales

release date: Feb 27, 2013
The Light Princess and Other Fairy Tales
Good and evil fairies abound in this rich collection of compelling tales by one of the foremost fantasy writers of the nineteenth century. So do magical lands, sinister monsters, giants, ogres, and other creatures from the realm of the imagination. In "The Light Princess," a young royal, bewitched at birth by her spiteful aunt, is cursed with uncontrollable bouts of lightness. (Gravity, it seems, doesn''t affect her!) A little boy in "The Golden Key" is told he can find a magical key at the end of the rainbow. What the key will open, though, is part of its mystery. And in "The Giant''s Heart," the monster in question is truly heartless, for he''s hidden his heart, and it''s up to two determined children to find the awful thing and put an end to the colossal ogre. These and five other beguiling tales, all delightfully illustrated by famed pre-Raphaelite painter Arthur Hughes, are sure to charm readers of all ages — those already familiar with MacDonald and those about to meet him for the first time.

The Princess and the Goblin (illustrated)

release date: Dec 06, 2012
The Princess and the Goblin (illustrated)
The Princess And The Goblin by George Macdonald with illustrations by Jessie Willcox Smith in black and white. When her father's kingdom is terrorized by the Goblins who inhabit the underground, a young princess and her faithful companions hatch a plan to defeat the goblins and save the kingdom.

The Princess and the Goblin

release date: Nov 30, 2011
The Princess and the Goblin
A little princess is protected by her friend Curdie from the goblin miners who live beneath the castle.

The Heart of George Macdonald

release date: Jan 01, 2004
The Heart of George Macdonald
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 Heart of George MacDonald includes a collection of his finest personal letters, a sampling of abridged sermons, and selections from his fantasies, including the complete texts of his masterpieces The Golden Key and the Princess and Curdie. Brief homilies, samples of his poetry, key essays on faith and the imagination, and a complete bibliography of MacDonald''s life and works make this an indispensable resource for MacDonald readers, scholars, and students.

The Poetical Works of George MacDonald Vol. 1

release date: Feb 01, 1997
The Poetical Works of George MacDonald Vol. 1
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.

Flashman's Lady

Flashman's Lady
ADVENTURE: Harry must defend his cad's honor when his wife is abducted from Singapore.

The Poetical Works of George MacDonald (Volumes I and II)

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