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Bezig met laden... The Golden Key and Other Stories (1980)door George MacDonald
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. The golden key -- The history of Photogen and Nycteris -- The shadows -- The gifts of the Child Christ ( ) Eerdmans has done the modern world a fine service by collecting the short fantasy stories of George MacDonald into four volumes. This volume was a bit more of a mixed bag. The good stories were very good while the weak stories simply had to be endured. Here are the stories: - "The Golden Key" (1867 from Dealings With Fairies) - "The History of Photogen and Nycteris" (1879 from Graphic) - "The Shadows" (1864 from Adela Cathcart) - "The Gifts of the Child Christ" (1882 from The Gifts of the Child Christ, and Other Tales) The title story is strong. It's as a classic quest tale that evokes that sense of otherness MacDonald is so good at. "The History of Photogen and Nycteris" is another fine story. What happens when a young woman who has only ever known night meets a young man who has only ever known daylight? I can't help but think that some of MacDonald's descriptions of the woman encountering daylight for the first time informed C. S. Lewis' short story, "The Man Born Blind". "The Shadows," while interesting in concept, failed to sustain my interest. The last story is not even a work of fantasy, but a morality tale about an irritating servant. All that said, I would re-buy this book in a heartbeat on the strength of either of the first two longer stories. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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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. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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