George MacDonald, An Introduction: A Bicentenary Edition Celebrating the Life and Writings of George MacDonald (1824-2024)

by Michael Phillips A Bicentenary introduction to the life and writings of George MacDonald (1924-1924), comprised of samples from his most important books, guides to many of the diverse series, compilations, anthologies of MacDonald's writings, and an introduction to significant biographies and studies of the Victorian Scotsman's corpus of work.    --> Read a Sample of this book <--    Dear Mr. Phillips, My husband and I recently heard about George MacDonald and have begun reading some of his work. But I have to tell you, I am a bit overwhelmed. There are so many books of so many different types, I hardly know where to begin. I have several friends who read MacDonald, and they all tell me something different. One says I should start with a book called Phantastes because C.S. Lewis loved it. Another tells me that a novel called Sir Gibbie is the best book to begin with, another mentioned a children’s book called At the Back of the North Wind and also said that any of MacDona