George MacDonald
George MacDonald has written at least 137 books. Their most popular book is The Princess and the Goblin with 107 saves with an average rating of 3.84⭐.
Author Bio
Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister.
George MacDonald was born in Aberdeenshire in 1824. He was one of the six sons of a prosperous weaver.
His mother died when he was eight, and his father married again. His upbringing was strict, but he enjoyed living in the country. His book "Ranald Bannerman's Boyhood," about a family of motherless boys living in Scotland, probably reflects some of his childhood experiences.
He went to Aberdeen University, and spent a few years as a congregational minister before he gave his time entirely to writing. He and his wife had eleven children, and they lived for a while in a house at Hammersmith, where William Morris lived afterwards. Lewis Carroll was among their family friends.
George MacDonald wrote at least fifty books. Most of his novels and poems are hardly remembered now, but two of his grown-up fairy tales, "Phantostes" and "Lilith," which were published in 1858 and 1895, are still well known. He is most famous, however, for his children's books, which include "The Light Princess and Other Stories," published in 1867, and "At the Back of the North Wind," in 1870. "The Princess and the Goblin" appeared in 1871, and its sequel. "The Princess and Curdie," was first published in book form in 1882.
George MacDonald died in 1905.
(Taken from The Princess and Curdie. Puffin, 1971 edition)
#1 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie
1872 • 107 Readers • 364 pages • 3.8
1858 • 52 Readers • 284 pages • 3.8
1895 • 28 Readers • 259 pages • 3.4
#2 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie
1883 • 26 Readers • 127 pages • 3.7
1988 • 24 Readers • 43 pages • 3.7
1871 • 22 Readers • 341 pages • 3.6
1882 • 9 Readers • 354 pages • 5
2006 • 5 Readers • 132 pages • 4.5
1867 • 5 Readers • 96 pages • 5
4 Readers • 3.3
2003 • 3 Readers • 528 pages
1947 • 3 Readers • 169 pages • 4
2001 • 3 Readers • 3
#1 of 2 in Malcolm
1875 • 3 Readers • 583 pages • 4.5
3 Readers • 4.5
2015 • 2 Readers • 205 pages • 5
1867 • 2 Readers • 128 pages • 2
2015 • 2 Readers • 336 pages
1875 • 2 Readers • 182 pages • 5
2012 • 2 Readers • 378 pages
1992 • 2 Readers • 199 pages • 5
1866 • 2 Readers • 416 pages • 4.3
2007 • 2 Readers • 668 pages
2017 • 1 Reader • 1,153 pages
2022 • 1 Reader • 15,557 pages
1867 • 1 Reader • 136 pages
1947 • 1 Reader • 228 pages • 4
1890 • 1 Reader • 384 pages • 5
#1 of 1 in The Marshmallows Trilogy
1867 • 1 Reader • 590 pages • 5
1897 • 1 Reader • 325 pages • 5
1881 • 1 Reader • 324 pages • 5
#3 of 2 in The Curate's Awakening
1891 • 1 Reader • 300 pages • 4
1881 • 1 Reader • 355 pages
2001 • 1 Reader • 614 pages • 4
2002 • 1 Reader • 216 pages • 4
1893 • 1 Reader • 220 pages • 4
1864 • 1 Reader
1978 • 1 Reader
1988 • 1 Reader • 128 pages
#1 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie
1872 • 1 Reader • 240 pages • 3
1980 • 1 Reader • 160 pages • 3
1890 • 1 Reader • 184 pages
1871 • 1 Reader • 212 pages • 2
1864 • 1 Reader • 320 pages
1882 • 1 Reader • 288 pages
2017 • 1 Reader • 3
2014 • 1 Reader
1858 • 1 Reader
1 Reader
1 Reader • 16,903 pages
1 Reader
2018 • 1 Reader • 4,043 pages
1991 • 1 Reader • 368 pages
#1 of 2 in Sir Gibbie
1879 • 1 Reader • 218 pages • 2
1 Reader • 4
1890 • 1 Reader • 128 pages
1 Reader
1 Reader
1 Reader • 5
1895 • 1 Reader
1 Reader • 63 pages • 4
1947 • 1 Reader • 182 pages
1 Reader
2004 • 1 Reader • 5
2004 • 1 Reader • 5
2004 • 1 Reader • 5
1895 • 1 Reader • 4
1 Reader • 4
1882 • 1 Reader
1864 • 1 Reader • 52 pages • 5
1 Reader
1858 • 1 Reader • 271 pages
1981 • 1 Reader • 5
1858 • 1 Reader • 225 pages
#1 of 2 in Princess Irene and Curdie
1970 • 1 Reader • 4
#1 of 2 in Hearts and Hoofbeats
1926 • 1 Reader • 267 pages
#3 of 2 in Coleção Áurea - Especial Contos de Fadas
2020 • 1 Reader • 416 pages
2020 • 10,814 pages
1871 • 272 pages
1993 • 36 pages
1994 • 158 pages
2020 • 27,947 pages
2019 • 29,324 pages
2018 • 4,022 pages