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At the Back of the North Wind

by Elizabeth Lewis, George MacDonald, Maria Louise Kirk (Illustrator) & Elizabeth Foreman Lewis

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  • 20th century
  • Language: English
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"At the Back of the North Wind" by George MacDonald is a children's fantasy novel serialized beginning in 1868 and published in book form in 1871. The story follows Diamond, a sweet young boy who befriends the mysterious North Wind, a goddess-like being. Together they embark on nighttime adventures through the sky, where Diamond gradually discovers her true nature. The tale explores deep theological questions while telling the story of a child who brings joy and peace wherever he goes, even as he seems not entirely of this world. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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Why this book is in the catalog

Included because retained bibliographic metadata links this work to Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends.

  • Mythology, folklore, and sacred legends

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

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

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2 editions cataloged here.

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simplified edition; Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, c1914

1914———Source listed online copy

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2006-06-17Project GutenbergEnglish—Public domain (USA)

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  • Illustrators: Kirk, Maria Louise
  • Original print publication date and source edition are absent from Project Gutenberg metadata.
  • Source-listed Library of Congress call number(s): PR4967 .A86 1914
  • The Online Books Page bibliographic note: simplified edition; Philadelphia and London: J. B. Lippincott Company, c1914
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