The Select Life and Works of George MacDonald collection features works from every genre he contributed to. It presents MacDonld’s most famous sermon collections, fantasy novels, poetry, and short stories. The striking imagery of MacDonald’s work has made his stories widely adapted for film and theatre. Considered by many to be a pioneer—if not the father—of the modern fantasy novel, George MacDonald significantly influenced some of the most famous authors who have ever lived including Lewis Carroll, W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, E. Nesbit, Madeleine L’Engle, G. K. Chesterton, Oswald Chambers, Elizabeth Yates, Mark Twain, and C. S. Lewis. Several of these authors reference specific works included in this collection as particularly influential, including Phantastes, Lilith, At The Back of the Northwind, Unspoken Sermons, and David Elginbrod. The series also includes a critical but appreciative intellectual biography of MacDonald, as well as a moving account of George MacDoanld’s mar...

Written by George MacDonald’s close friend Joseph Johnson, George MacDonald: A Biographical and Critical Appreciation examines the various public roles MacDonald occupied during his life. Johnson begins with an examination of MacDonald’s early and formative years, then shifts to examine his writing, ideas, and achievements. Predominantly concerned with intellectual matters, the author intentionally avoids MacDonald’s private life out of respect for MacDonald’s wishes to keep his family away from...