At the Back of the North Wind. By: George MacDonald. Narrated by: Flo Gibson. Length: 8 hrs and 12 mins. Unabridged Audiobook. Categories: Children's Audiobooks, Fairy Tales, Folk Tales Myths. out of 5 stars. ( ratings) Add to Cart failed. · Librivox recording of At the Back of the North Wind, by George MacDonald. Diamond the little boy sleeps in the hayloft above the stall of Diamond the horse. The loft is snug but drafty, and after plugging a hole in the wall one night, Diamond is scolded by the beautiful Lady North Wind for closing her "window" into his room. A portrait of George MacDonald – author of the novel – At the Back of the North Wind. George MacDonald was a Scottish author and poet. He was also a Christian minister who wrote a lot of matter on Christian apologetics. He was born on 10th of December in the year in Aberdeenshire, Scotland.
For that great Love speaks in the most wretched and dirty hearts; only the tone of its voice depends on the echoes of the place in which it sounds. On Mount Sinai, it was thunder; in the cabman's heart it was misery; in the soul of St John it was perfect blessedness.". ― George MacDonald, At the Back of the North Wind. [Full AudioBook] George MacDonald: At the Back of the North WindThe book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who make. MacDonald was an inspiration for writers of children's fiction such as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkein, Madeline L'Engle, Lewis Carroll, and even Mark Twain. At the Back of the North Wind is the fantastical story of Diamond, a young boy whose adventures begin when the North Wind offers to take him for a ride on her back. Though Diamond is poor and.
At the Back of the North Wind. Originally published in by Strahan Co., London. Historically, At the Back of the North Wind ranks as George MacDonald’s most well-known and enduring book, the haunting tale of little Diamond, a simple London cabman’s son and his dreamy encounters with the mysterious, wise, powerful, comforting, and occasionally frightening lady known as North Wind. WHEN one at the back of the north wind wanted to know how things were going with any one he loved, he had to go to a certain tree, climb the stem, and sit down in the branches. In a few minutes, if he kept very still, he would see something at least of what was going on with the people he loved. 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 and was published in book form in 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 sepa.
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