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George MacDonald and His Wife Hardcover – January 1, 1998

by Greville MacDonald (Author), G. K. Chesterton (Introduction)

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{ 19.78 x 26.13 cms} Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2018 with the help of original edition published long back [1924]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. - English, Pages 617. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. {FOLIO EDITION IS ALSO AVAILABLE.} Complete George Macdonald and his wife 1924 Greville Macdonald, G. K. Chesterton(Intro.)

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583 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Johannesen
Publication date

January 1, 1998
Dimensions

5.5 x 1.75 x 7.75 inches
ISBN-10

1881084639
ISBN-13

978-1881084631
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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Johannesen (January 1, 1998)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 583 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1881084639
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1881084631
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.65 pounds
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.5 x 1.75 x 7.75 inches

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George MacDonald and His Wife

Reviewed in the United States on October 30, 2001

Written in 1924 by George MacDonald's eldest son Greville in honour of his father's centennial birthday, _George MacDonald and His Wife_ is an indispensable read for the truly devoted MacDonald fan. While Greville lacks the critical edge of George MacDonald's most recent biographer William Raeper (who published _George MacDonald_ in 1989), Greville's wholehearted, if uncritical, tribute to his beloved father is important in that it anticipates C.S. Lewis's upholding of George MacDonald as ideal father figure and spiritual mentor. As well, Greville's account is noteworthy for its heavily pro-Scottish leanings, an aspect of MacDonald's writing that is is frequently overlooked by today's readers, more interested in MacDonald's mysticism than in his nationalism.
If anything makes this biography worth its price, it is G.K. Chesterton's Introduction. Chesterton's discussion of the castle in MacDonald's _The Princess and the Goblin_ reaches back to the middle ages to consider the allegorical ancestry of MacDonald's fantasy stories, while simultaneously situating itself firmly in the modern era, evoking, in his description of Princess Irene's castle, echoes of Freud's concept of the uncanny, a psychological concept also based on an architectural model, and first published in 1919:
"There is something not only imaginative but intimately true about the idea of the goblins being below the house and capable of besieging it from the cellars. When the evil things besieging us do appear, they do not appear outside but inside. Anyhow, that simpleimage of a house that is our home, that is rightly loved as our home, but of which we hardly know the best or the worst, and must always wait for the one and watch against the other, has always remained in my mind and something singularly solid and unanswerable; and was more corroborated than corrected when I came to give a more definite name to the lady watching over us from the turret, and perhaps to take a more practical view of the goblins under the floor" (Chesterton, Introdcution 10-11).
This book may not appeal to everyone. It is long, ponderous at times. Greville's writing has not the dream-like mystical qualities of his father's writing , let alone G.K .Chesterton's liveliness and verve. But what he lacks in talent he makes up for in enthusiasm for his father's life-long project of fulfilling Novalis's dictum: that life is not a fairy tale, but should and perhaps will become one.

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Reviewed in Canada on October 23, 2023

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This is an very good overview of the life and times of George MacDonald and his family and writing career. There are a lot of insights from the letters written by famiy and friends I have quite enjoyed reading this book.

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