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George MacDonald

Born

in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

December 10, 1824

Died

September 18, 1905

Genre

Children's Books, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Religion & Spirituality

Influences

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George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.

He was educated at Aberdeen University and after a short and stormy career as a minister at Arundel, where his unorthodox views led to his dismissal, he turned to fiction as a means of earning a living. He wrote over 50 books.

Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, MacDonald inspired many authors, such as G.K. Chesterton, W. H. Auden, J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L'Engle. 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 th ...more

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George MacDonald’s books

Average rating: 4.05 · 117,853 ratings · 10,436 reviews · 1,830 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Princess and the Goblin (Princess Irene and Curdie, #1) by George MacDonald, Arthur Hughes (Illustrator) 4.02 avg rating — 37,642 ratings — published 1872 — 2279 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Phantastes 3.90 avg rating — 11,253 ratings — published 1858 — 1047 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Princess and Curdie (Princess Irene and Curdie, #2) by George MacDonald, Helen Stratton (Illustrator) 4.08 avg rating — 9,863 ratings — published 1883 — 576 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Light Princess 4.03 avg rating — 8,289 ratings — published 1864 — 297 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	At the Back of the North Wind really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 7,736 ratings — 109 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Lilith 3.88 avg rating — 6,710 ratings — published 1895 — 1276 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Golden Key 4.07 avg rating — 3,489 ratings — published 1867 — 100 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Sir Gibbie by George MacDonald, David Jack (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.33 avg rating — 1,830 ratings — published 1879 — 204 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Day Boy and the Night Girl 4.18 avg rating — 1,666 ratings — published 1882 — 72 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Malcolm by George MacDonald, David Jack (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.22 avg rating — 1,600 ratings — published 1875 — 187 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Series by George MacDonald

Princess Irene and Curdie (2 books)
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George MacDonald,

Helen Stratton (Illustrator)

4.04 avg rating — 48,264 ratings

Malcolm (2 books)
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George MacDonald,

David Jack (Goodreads Author) (translator)

4.24 avg rating — 2,757 ratings

Sir Gibbie (2 books)
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George MacDonald,

David Jack (Goodreads Author) (Translator)

4.29 avg rating — 2,609 ratings

The Curate's Awakening (3 books)
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George MacDonald

4.21 avg rating — 2,420 ratings

What's Mine's Mine (3 books)
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George MacDonald

4.28 avg rating — 829 ratings

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Quotes by George MacDonald (?)

“To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.”
― George MacDonald

tags: trust

1752 likes

“I would rather be what God chose to make me than the most glorious creature that I could think of; for to have been thought about, born in God's thought, and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest and most precious thing in all thinking.”
― George MacDonald

tags: creation, identity, individuality

501 likes

“Certainly work is not always required of a man. There is such a thing as a sacred idleness, the cultivation of which is now fearfully neglected.”
― George Mac Donald, Wilfrid Cumbermede

tags: leisure, meditation, solitude

338 likes

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Polls

Which short story would you like to read in December? Please only vote if you plan on participating should your choice win.

The Happy Prince and Other Tales by Oscar Wilde

10 votes, 32.3%

The Wise Woman and Other Stories by George MacDonald

6 votes, 19.4%

The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

4 votes, 12.9%

A Murder, a Mystery and a Marriage by Mark Twain

4 votes, 12.9%

Tales of Mystery and Imagination by Edgar Allan Poe

3 votes, 9.7%

The Best Short Stories of O. Henry by O. Henry

3 votes, 9.7%

Short Stories from the Nineteenth Century by David Stuart Davies

1 vote, 3.2%

31 total votes

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