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Short Fiction

George MacDonald

BOOK TYPE
Short fiction
READING TIME
About 18.5 hours
WORDS
222,135
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About this book

A collection of George MacDonald’s fairy tales, short stories, and novellas.

FantasyHorrorSpiritualityRomanceShort fiction

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  1. Titlepage
  2. Imprint
  3. A Double Story
    1. I
    2. II
    3. III
    4. IV
    5. V
    6. VI
    7. VII
    8. VIII
    9. IX
    10. X
    11. XI
    12. XII
    13. XIII
    14. XIV
  4. Cross Purposes
    1. I
    2. II
    3. III
    4. IV
  5. Far Above Rubies
  6. Port in a Storm
  7. Stephen Archer
  8. The Broken Swords
  9. The Butcher’s Bills
    1. I: Husband and Wife
    2. II: An Astonishment
    3. III: Another Astonishment
    4. IV: What It Meant
    5. V: What Came of It
  10. The Carasoyn
    1. I: The Mountain Stream
    2. II: The Fairy Fleet
    3. III: The Old Woman and Her Hen
    4. IV: The Goblin Blacksmith
    5. V: The Moss Vineyard
    6. VI: The Consequences
    7. VII: The Banished Fairies
    8. VIII: Their Revenge
    9. IX: The Fairy Fiddler
    10. X: The Old Woman and Her Hen
    11. XI: The Goblin Cobbler
    12. XII: The Wax and the Awl
  11. The Castle
  12. The Cruel Painter
  13. The Giant’s Heart
  14. The Gifts of the Child Christ
    1. I
    2. II
    3. III
    4. IV
    5. V
    6. VI
    7. VII
  15. The Golden Key
  16. The Gray Wolf
  17. The History of Photogen and Nycteris
    1. I: Watho
    2. II: Aurora
    3. III: Vesper
    4. IV: Photogen
    5. V: Nycteris
    6. VI: How Photogen Grew
    7. VII: How Nycteris Grew
    8. VIII: The Lamp
    9. IX: Out
    10. X: The Great Lamp
    11. XI: The Sunset
    12. XII: The Garden
    13. XIII: Something Quite New
    14. XIV: The Sun
    15. XV: The Coward Hero
    16. XVI: An Evil Nurse
    17. XVII: Watho’s Wolf
    18. XVIII: Refuge
    19. XIX: The Werewolf
    20. XX: All Is Well
  18. The Light Princess
    1. I: What! No Children?
    2. II: Won’t I, Just?
    3. III: She Can’t Be Ours
    4. IV: Where Is She?
    5. V: What Is to Be Done?
    6. VI: She Laughs Too Much
    7. VII: Try Metaphysics
    8. VIII: Try a Drop of Water
    9. IX: Put Me in Again
    10. X: Look at the Moon
    11. XI: Hiss!
    12. XII: Where Is the Prince?
    13. XIII: Here I Am
    14. XIV: This Is Very Kind of You
    15. XV: Look at the Rain!
  19. The Shadows
  20. The Wow o’ Rivven
  21. Uncle Cornelius His Story
  22. Colophon
  23. Uncopyright

Edition & source

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SOURCE PUBLICATION DATE
2026-02-18
SOURCE EDITION UPDATED
2026-08-04
ADDED TO iREADALL
2026-10-13
Edition contributors
  • The League of Moveable Type (tyd)
  • George MacDonald (aut)
  • Torsten Wasastjerna (art)
  • Charles Aldarondo (trc)
  • Al Haines (trc)
  • Jonathan Ingram (trc)
  • Sandra Brown (trc)
  • David Widger (trc)
  • David Garcia (trc)
  • Beth Trapaga (trc)
  • John Bechard (trc)
  • Peter L. Edman (trc)
  • Distributed Proofreaders (trc)
  • C. B. Bowman (bkp, blw, cov, mrk, pfr, tyg)
  • David Reimer (pfr)
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