The Golden Key and Other Stories

george macdonald jean watson peter wane

George MacDonald (1824-1905), the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, influenced not only C. S. Lewis but also such literary masters as Charles Williams and J. R. R. Tolkien. Though his longer fairy tales Lilith and Phantastes are particularly famous, much of MacDonald’s best fantasy writing is found in his shorter stories. In this volume editor Glenn Sadler has compiled some of MacDonald’s finest short works—marvelous fairy tales and stories certain to delight readers familiar with MacDonald and those about to meet him for the first time.

Genres fantasyfictionclassicschildrensfairy talesshort storieschristianmiddle gradeyoung adultaudiobook

128 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1,1867

This edition

Format: 128 pages, Hardcover
Published: January 1, 1981 by Zondervan
ISBN: 9780310423201
ASIN: 0310423201
Language: English

About the author

george macdonald

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He became a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow-writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy tales, MacDonald wrote several works of Christian theology, including several collections of sermons.