At the Back of the North Wind - Couverture souple

MacDonald, George

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0451520572 ISBN 13 : 9780451520579

Editeur : Penguin Random House Australia, 1987

Synopsis

Book by George Macdonald

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

With 13 children of his own clamouring for bedtime stories it isn't surprising that author George MacDonald discovered he had a gift for composing fairy tales. But these were fairy tales with a difference. At the Back of the North Wind, the first to be published, became a Victorian favourite and marked something of a milestone in children's fiction. While owing a debt to Hans Andersen, Dickens and Kingsley, MacDonald created a distinctive imaginary world existing in parallel with the grim social realities of mid-19th-century England. "A fairy tale is not al allegory," he once remarked. It is, of course, but the trick was to disguise it, to entertain the reader as well as instruct, leaving them to draw a moral if they pleased, or else simply to enjoy the fantasy. Children for over a hundred years have been enchanted and moved by the story of Nanny the crossing sweeper, her lame friend Jim, and above all Diamond, the poor coachman's son, whose life is transformed by a brief glimpse of a beautiful country "at the back of the north wind". The first edition (1871) was illustrated by the pre-Raphaelite artist Thomas Hughes, whose romantic and highly individualistic drawings are reproduced in the Everyman edition.

Présentation de l'éditeur

A fantasy centered around a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind as they travel together through the night. Show Excerpt big as the whole sky, don't be frightened. If you hear me raging ten times worse than Mrs. Bill, the blacksmith's wife--even if you see me looking in at people's windows like Mrs. Eve Dropper, the gardener's wife-- you must believe that I am doing my work. Nay, Diamond, if I change into a serpent or a tiger, you must not let go your hold of me, for my hand will never change in yours if you keep a good hold. If you keep a hold, you will know who I am all the time, even when you look at me and can't see me the least like the North Wind. I may look something very awful. Do you understand?" "Quite well," said little Diamond. "Come along, then," said North Wind, and disappeared behind the mountain of hay. Diamond crept out of bed and followed her. CHAPTER II THE LAWN WHEN Diamond got round the corner of the hay, for a moment he hesitated. The stair by which he would naturally have gone down to the door was at th

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Penguin Random House Australia
• Date d'édition: 1987
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0451520572
• ISBN 13: 9780451520579
• Reliure: Poche
• Nombre de pages: 316
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible