At the Back of the North Wind: Illustrated by Arthur Hughes (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780375413353)

A Victorian fairy tale that has enchanted readers for more than a hundred years: the magical story of Diamond, the son of a poor coachman, who is swept away by the North Wind a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair and whose life is transformed by a brief glimpse of the beautiful country at the back of the north wind. It combines a Dickensian regard for the working class of mid-19th-century England with the invention of an ethereal landscape, and is published here alongside Arthur Hughes s handsome illustrations from the original 1871 edition."

Author: George MacDonald
ISBN-10: 0375413359
ISBN-13: 9780375413353
Publisher: Everyman's Library
Language: English
Published: 10/16/2001
Pages: 352
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.28h x 6.20w x 1.05d

Accelerated Reader:
Reading Level: 5.4
Point Value: 14
Interest Level: Upper Grade
Quiz #/Name: 28281 / At the Back of the North Wind

About the Author
George MacDonald (1824--1905) was a prolific writer, yet it is his fantasies for children that have survived. A minister of the Congregational church, MacDonald resigned after a disagreement with his deacons and from 1853 earned his living by lecturing and writing.