

Wise Woman
Author: George MacDonald
Narrator: George MacDonald
Unabridged: 3 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Christian Audio
Published: 06/01/2004
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, Literature & The Arts
Author: George MacDonald
Narrator: George MacDonald
Unabridged: 3 hr 45 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Christian Audio
Published: 06/01/2004
Categories: Nonfiction, Religion, Christianity, Literature & The Arts
George MacDonald was a prolific author of both children's and adult books, including such classics as At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, Lilith, and Phantastes. His works were the inspiration for later writers, including G. K. Chesterton, C. S. Lewis, and J. R. R. Tolkien.
A consummate Scotsman, MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824, in Huntly, Aberdeenshire. He was ordained as a congregationalist minister in 1845 and became a pastor at Arundel. This appointment did not last long, as he soon came into conflict with his parishioners and church because of his belief in purgatory and that all people eventually came into heaven, even animals.
In 1852, MacDonald married Louisa Powell, with whom he had six sons and five daughters. He was forced to resign from his church position in 1853, and after a brief sojourn in Algiers for the sake of his health, he became a freelance preacher, lecturer, and writer. His literary breakthrough came in 1855 with the publication of the narrative poem Within and Without. In the two decades that followed, he gained increasing fame and success with his children's books but was never able to earn enough money to support his family. Luckily, in 1877 he was granted a pension at the request of Queen Victoria.
MacDonald died on September 21, 1905, in Scotland.
This is a beautiful modern edition of the great Scottish writer George MacDonald's classical fairy tale The Wise Woman, originally published in 1875. This new edition, based off of one published in 1895, also has the strange and fascinating story The Gray Wolf, as well as MacDonald's powerful essay......more
This is one of my favorite books. I find it very convicting on the heart level. Through a 'fairy tale' MacDonald gently (and sometimes not so gently) points out sins of selfishness, pride, laziness, etc. Those kinds of sins which are subtle and easily glossed over or hidden. But he does it in such a......more
Recently, my Church did a spring clean and decided to let go of two tables full of books. As I was browsing through, I found this book and the title entranced me enough that I decided to bring it home. I am so glad I did because this book is just too lovely! The Lost Princess is a fairytale about two......more
I tend to share Tolkien's feeling for allegory, "a cordial dislike": and while The Lost Princess isn't quite an allegory, it skirts very close to the edge. Too close, really, for it to be the sort of story that I can ever fall thoroughly in love with. But in G-Mac's day allegories were all the rage,......more