The Gray Wolf, and Other Fantasy Stor..., George MacDonald
The Gray Wolf, and Other Fantasy Stor..., George MacDonald
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The Gray Wolf, and Other Fantasy Stories

Author: George MacDonald

Narrator: Thomas Whitworth

Unabridged: 6 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/14/2017


Synopsis

George MacDonald was the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, who influenced the work of C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. This book collects some of his finest fairy stories, including "The Gray Wolf," "The Cruel Painter," "The Broken Swords," "The Wow O'Rivven, the Bell" "Uncle Cornelius, His Story," "The Butcher's Bills," and "Birth, Dreaming, Death.""I do not write," MacDonald once said, "for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five." Here then, for the childlike of all ages, is a collection of seven stories certain to delight both confirmed MacDonald readers and those about to meet him for the first time.

About George MacDonald

George MacDonald (1824–1905) was a Scotsman who became a Congregationalist minister, but eventually left the clergy to focus on his work as a writer and a speaker. He wrote over fifty books, ranging from poetry to adult novels to children’s books, and was a source of inspiration for both C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkein. Among his most well-known titles are At the Back of the North Wind and Lilith.


Reviews

Goodreads review by David

"The Gray Wolf" is such a wonderful short story! It sparks my imagination and leaves me wanting more--badly. It leaves me with questions, and a longing for a different ending. But the bitter loneliness, the weight of the curse, and the mystery all make for a fascinatingly bittersweet read from Georg......more

Of course all the books that I wanted to read for Halloween just came in. This was one of them. This was an interesting story that was extremely short.......more

Goodreads review by Abbi

Loved this stories in this volume; especially the last, 'Birth, Dreaming, & Death'.......more


Quotes

“What George MacDonald does best is fantasy—fantasy that hovers between the allegorical and the mythopoeic. And this, in my opinion, he does better than any man.” C. S. Lewis

“Surely George MacDonald is the grandfather of us all—all of us who struggle to come to terms with truth through fantasy." Madeline L’Engle

“George MacDonald is preeminently a mythopoeic writer…. In his power to project his inner life into images, beings, landscapes which are valid for all, he is one of the most remarkable writers of the nineteenth centry.” W. H. Auden