{"product_id":"at-the-back-of-the-george-macdonald-9798256221256","title":"At the Back of the North Wind","description":"\u003cp\u003eLittle Diamond sleeps in a hay-loft above the horses, and one cold night a chink in the wall becomes a doorway - for the North Wind herself, a tall and beautiful lady whose hair streams out for miles, comes to carry him into the dark. Night after night she bears him over sleeping London and across the sea, until at last he passes through her very heart to the strange, still country at her back, where nothing is unkind.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1871, George MacDonald's *\u003cem\u003eAt the Back of the North Wind\u003c\/em\u003e* is one of the tenderest and most haunting of Victorian fairy tales - a story of a good child, a mysterious wind-mother, and the thin place between this world and the next. MacDonald was a lodestar for C. S. Lewis and J. R. R. Tolkien, and this is among his best-loved works.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis Lightbound Library edition sets the complete text, with all his songs and verses.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798256221256\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Solocosmo Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/26\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.28lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"George MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":49084377366783,"sku":"9798256221256","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/at-the-back-of-the-george-macdonald-9798256221256","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}