George MacDonald 
The Gospel in George MacDonald 
Selections from His Novels, Fairy Tales, and Spiritual Writings

If you don’t have the time to read all the novels of George Mac Donald, the great Scottish storyteller who inspired C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, Mark Twain, W. H. Auden, and J. R. R. Tolkien, this anthology is a great place to start.


These selections from Mac Donald’s novels, fairy tales, and sermons reveal the profound and hopeful Christian vision that infuses his fantasy worlds and other fiction.


Newcomers will find in these pages a rich, accessible sampling. George Mac Donald enthusiasts will be pleased to find some of the writer’s most compelling stories and wisdom in one volume. Drawn from books including
Sir Gibbie, The Princess and the Goblin, Lilith, and
At the Back of the North Wind, the selections are followed by reflections from G. K. Chesterton and C. S. Lewis and accompanied by classic illustrations of Maurice Sendak (print edition only).

About the author

George Mac Donald (1824-1905) was born in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. After making a name for himself as a preacher, he left the ministry in 1850 to pursue a literary career, writing over fifty books to support his family of eleven children. To this day, Mac Donald’s novels, fantasies, and children’s stories are cherished for their literary quality and spiritual insight; C. S. Lewis has said that Mac Donald’s influence can be found in every book he wrote.