A Double Story

Two spoiled girls encounter a wise woman who uses magic to change their selfish ways. A Double Story, by George MacDonald, is not a traditional fairy tale. Originally published in 1875, the story presents a moral dilemma of young girls who experience the same lifechanging event but with different results.

About the author

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian Congregational clergyman. He established himself as a pioneering figure in modern fantasy writing and mentored fellow writer Lewis Carroll. In addition to his fairy stories, MacDonald wrote various works on Christian theology, including sermon collections. George MacDonald was born on December 10, 1824 in Huntly, Aberdeenshire, Scotland. His father, a farmer, descended from the Clan MacDonald of Glen Coe and was a direct descendant of one of the families killed in the 1692 massacre. MacDonald was raised in an exceptionally literary household: one of his maternal uncles was a renowned Celtic scholar, editor of the Gaelic Highland Dictionary, and collector of fairy stories and Celtic oral poetry. His paternal grandfather had helped to publish an edition of James Macpherson's Ossian, a contentious epic poem based on the Fenian Cycle of Celtic Mythology that contributed to the birth of European Romanticism. MacDonald's step-uncle was a Shakespeare scholar, while his paternal cousin was also a Celtic intellectual.

Product details

• Authors: George Macdonald
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 8
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 02.03.2021
• EAN: 9781513277554
• ISBN: 978-1-5132-7755-4
• No. of pages: 90
• Dimensions: 127 mm x 203 mm x 10 mm
• Weight: 112 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Series: Mint Editions; Mint Editions—Fantasy and Fairytale; Mint Editions (Fantasy and Fairytale)
• Subjects: Children's and young people's books; Fantasy, JUVENILE FICTION / Fairy Tales & Folklore / General, JUVENILE FICTION / Fantasy & Magic, JUVENILE FICTION / Classics, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Fantasy, Gender studies: women and girls, Interest age: from c 8 years, Children’s / Teenage fiction: Classic fiction