{"title":"George MacDonald","description":"George MacDonald (1824 1905) is well known for writing fantasy and fairy tales that have inspired notable authors such as J. R. R. Tolkien, W. H. Auden, Madeleine L Engle, G. K. Chesterton, Elizabeth Yates, Mark Twain and C. S. Lewis. The Scottish author once served as pastor of Trinity Congregational Church, Arundel, and later was also engaged in ministerial work in Manchester. He eventually settled in London and taught at the University of London, and lectured successfully in the United States during 1872 1873. MacDonald was also editor of \"Good Words for the Young\" for a time.\"","products":[{"product_id":"david-elginbrod-standard-edition-unabridged-book-1-of-the-scottish-novels-paperback","title":"David Elginbrod: Standard Edition (Unabridged), Book 1 of the Scottish Novels - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe first ever translation (from Scots to English) of George MacDonald's debut novel!\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"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 thoughts-and then made by God, is the dearest, grandest, most precious thing in all thinking.\" \u003c\/strong\u003e-Chapter XXXIV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFollowing the success of David Jack's two-column \"Scots-English\" editions (which feature both languages side-by-side) this new \"Standard Edition\" remains unabridged, but with the dialogue translated and formatted more conventionally, from the former tongue to the latter. Only the easiest Scots words have been retained, removing the need to decipher while at the same time preserving something of the Scottish flavour which characterises this classic tale. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFive years after the release of his \"faerie romance\" Phantastes (1858), George MacDonald's David Elginbrod (1863) marked his equally triumphant debut as a novelist. Hailed in its day as a work of genius, the story is remarkable both for its lovingly-drawn portrait of MacDonald's own father (in the person of the title character) and its beautifully realistic depiction of Scottish family life. At the heart of the tale is the young tutor Hugh Sutherland, as he gains experience of romantic love, friendship and loss, and at last, through David's spiritual mentorship which follows him through all his later adventures, the slow awakening of his soul into the light of its God-born inheritance.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101185642719,"sku":"9781917830348","price":28.73,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/kMT280okR-9781917830348.webp?v=1781068427"},{"product_id":"malcolm-translated-scots-english-edition-hardcover","title":"Malcolm (Translated): Scots-English Edition - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Featuring English translations of all Scots dialogue side-by-side with the original text\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Introduction by Douglas Gresham, stepson of C.S. Lewis\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Translator's preface by David Jack\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e**Original illustrations by Carrie Stout\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm, first published in 1875, is unique among MacDonald's novels, in that its setting-and consequently its language-savours more than any other of his native northeast of Scotland. It also features his most carefully constructed plot (centring around the identity of his young fisherman-hero) and one of his most colourful casts of characters. Since the entire tale unfolds in the small coastal village of \"Portlossie,\" the author has been able to create, at least for the non-Scottish reader, the feeling of a world set apart: but the sheer grandeur of the tale, its deep-laid plots, and its deeper humanity and truth, will have an appeal not merely local but universal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his preface to the Scots\/English edition, translator David Jack stresses the importance of the author's native Doric, hailing Malcolm as \"a feast of language\" and \"a unique chance to luxuriate.\" The story's fisherman-hero he identifies as one of MacDonald's most vivid types of Christ: a young man with a passion both for service and adventure, who worthily bears the name of Scotland's ancient kings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101208350943,"sku":"9781738531462","price":50.33,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/4Yz5xf_ASQ9781738531462.webp?v=1781068472"},{"product_id":"little-daylight-paperback","title":"Little Daylight - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his essay \"The Fantastic Imagination\", George MacDonald insisted, \"I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome stories contrast the experience of children with the world of adults, like Diamond in \u003cem\u003eAt the Back of the North Wind\u003c\/em\u003e. Other times, his characters are on the borderland of childhood and adulthood, that magical coming-of-age time when anything seems possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn LITTLE DAYLIGHT, a teenage prince and princess are learning about life and themselves. By a wicked fairy's curse, the princess must sleep during the day and be awake at night. Only the good fairies understand the truth hidden beneath the surface. The enchantment, meant for evil, will not have the last word.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis edition of LITTLE DAYLIGHT includes ten color illustrations by Lucy Hough. 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