Mary Marston de George Macdonald

Mary Marston

George Macdonald

George MacDonald was a 19th century Scottish writer, poet and minister. He is best known for his fairy tales and fantasies. His most popular works are Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, At the Back of the North Wind, and Lilith. First published in 1881, this novel is about the faith and courage of Mary Marston, a shopkeeper's daughter, who is plunged into a world of deceit, suspicion, and mystery upon the death of her father. She leaves the sleepy village of Testbridge for the heart of London where she is drawn to the life of Victorian high society.

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George MacDonald (1824 - 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".