Gifts of the Child Christ : Fairytales and Stories for the Childlike
by MacDonald, George; Sadler, Glenn EdwardFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 1996-05-01
Publisher(s): Eerdmans Pub Co
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Summary
This new one-volume edition of The Gifts of the Child Christ collects all the best shorter fairy tales and stories that George MacDonald wrote. Among the twenty-one stories included here are 'The Light Princess, ' 'The Golden Key, ' 'The Wise Woman, ' 'The Gray Wolf, ' and the volume's title piece.
Table of Contents
| List of Illustrations | |
| Introduction | |
| The Fantastic Imagination | |
| The Gifts of the Child Christ | p. 1 |
| Stephen Archer | p. 31 |
| The Butcher's Bills | p. 47 |
| The Broken Swords | p. 79 |
| The Wow O'Rivven [The Bell] | p. 99 |
| The Light Princess | p. 113 |
| The Shadows | p. 157 |
| The Castle: A Parable | p. 187 |
| The Carasoyn [The Fairy Fleet] | p. 199 |
| Cross Purposes | p. 237 |
| The Golden Key | p. 257 |
| The Wise Woman [The Lost Princess] | p. 285 |
| Little Daylight | p. 377 |
| The Gray Wolf | p. 393 |
| The Cruel Painter | p. 399 |
| The History of Photogen and Nycteris [The Day Boy and the Night Girl] | p. 429 |
| The Giant's Heart | p. 467 |
| Papa's Story | p. 489 |
| Port in a Storm | p. 513 |
| Uncle Cornelius, His Story | p. 525 |
| Birth, Dreaming, Death [The Schoolmaster's Story] | p. 547 |
| Sources | p. 557 |
| Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved. |
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