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Short Fiction

George Macdonald

  • Stories
  • Book language: English
  • 534 pages

This short story by George MacDonald opens in a whimsical country where the weather and people's temperaments are unpredictable. It is a fairy tale with a moral bent, typical of MacDonald's fantasy writing. Listen for its imaginative imagery and gentle lessons.

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Text source: standardebooks.org · The work is in the public domain.

Contents

  1. A Double Story
  2. Cross Purposes
  3. Far Above Rubies
  4. Port in a Storm
  5. Stephen Archer
  6. The Broken Swords
  7. The Butcher’s Bills
  8. The Carasoyn
  9. The Castle
  10. The Cruel Painter
  11. The Giant’s Heart
  12. The Gifts of the Child Christ
  13. The Golden Key
  14. The Gray Wolf
  15. The History of Photogen and Nycteris
  16. The Light Princess
  17. The Shadows
  18. The Wow o’ Rivven
  19. Uncle Cornelius His Story

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