At the Back of the North Wind

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At the Back of the North Wind

English language

ISBN:
9781605891118

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4 stars (1 review)

At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book written by Scottish author George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.

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reviewed At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald

Oldtime children's story

4 stars

From Pterry's namedrop (). Listened to audio version (while cooking), it was not an entirely good audio version but it's got the job done.

It was a very old fairy tale in like 150 years ago London, and very cleverly mixed real world and dreamlike experience, and hid the real pain in the dreams. (this is why it's fairty tale isn't it, I really love children's literature. less pretentious, more kind. ) It is probably some metaphysics metaphor throughout, as the narrator character commented in the end. Maybe from the eyes of a nice, kind boy, the harsh world is like a dream and there's fun and light, and work is not a chore, and Right and Good is clear. uh I like children's lit.