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At the Back of the North Wind

by George MacDonald

  • First published:
  • 19th century
  • Languages: Chinese, English, Italian, Korean, Russian, Turkish
  • Content type: FictionJuvenile
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"At the Back of the North Wind" by George MacDonald is a children's fantasy book serialized beginning in 1868 and published in 1871. It follows a sweet boy named Diamond who befriends the mysterious Lady North Wind, a goddess-like being. Together they fly through the nights on magical adventures that help Diamond understand her true nature. The story explores deep theological questions while depicting a Christ-like child who brings joy and peace wherever he goes, fighting despair and gloom in a world he doesn't quite belong to. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

Provenance

Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Legendary beings and transformations, Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends, and Ritual magic and grimoires.

  • Ritual magic and grimoires

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Magic”. Retained metadata contains “Magic” in the subject metadata.

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  • Legendary beings and transformations

    Controlled discovery queries from openlibrary-historical matched “Fairies”.

    • “Fairies”· via Open Library
  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

    Controlled discovery queries from online-books-page, openlibrary-historical, and project-gutenberg matched “Fairy tales”, “Tales”, and “tales”. Retained metadata contains “Fairy tales” in the subject metadata and “Tales” in the subject metadata.

    • “Fairy tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Tales”· via The Online Books Page
    • “Fairy tales”· via Open Library
    • “Tales”· via Open Library
    • “tales”· via Project Gutenberg
    • “Fairy tales”· in subject

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Editions

Open Library reports 496 editions; 4 cataloged here.

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Open Library record

2023Standard EbooksEnglish—Public

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1886Blackie & son, 49 & 50 Old Bailey, E.C.English—No ebook

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Cataloging notes

  • Open Library reports 496 editions; this snapshot catalogs one representative edition and preserves work-level ISBN, date, and publisher aggregates.
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR4967 .A86
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openlibrary-work:OL15451W
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