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Featuring an extensive Introduction by Greville MacDonald, and his "Paraphrase of the Earlier Manuscript-Version With Quotations and Comments." George MacDonald's epic fantasy Lilith is a strange and spellbinding tale in which travel between different realms (his son Greville... Read Full Overview

Introduction by C. S. Lewis

Introduction by C. S. Lewis -Lilith is equal if not superior to the best of Poe, - wrote W. H. Auden in his introduction to the 1954 reprint of George MacDonald's Lilith , which was first published in 1895. It is the story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house -- a... Read Full Overview

Mr. Vane, the protagonist of Lilith, owns a library that seems to be haunted by the former librarian, who looks much like a raven from the brief glimpses he catches of the wraith. After finally encountering the supposed ghost, the mysterious Mr. Raven, Vane learns that Raven... Read Full Overview

Featuring an extensive Introduction by Greville MacDonald, and his "Paraphrase of the Earlier Manuscript-Version With Quotations and Comments." George MacDonald's epic fantasy Lilith is a strange and spellbinding tale in which travel between different realms (his son Greville... Read Full Overview

A library owner, guided by a spirit, travels through a magic mirror where he visits a mystical realm full of supernatural figures and dormant souls. Lilith: A Romance is a dark fantasy fueled by symbolism and moral allegories.

After Mr. Vane inherits his... Read Full Overview

Lilith is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. In the story, MacDonald mentions a cosmic sleep that heals tortured souls, preceding the salvation of all. MacDonald was... Read Full Overview

This new edition of George MacDonald's 1895 afterlife fantasy is presented and introduced as Volume 35 in The Cullen Collection by Michael Phillips.

Lilith by George MacDonald. Lilith is a fantasy novel written by Scottish writer George MacDonald and first published in 1895. Mr. Vane, the protagonist of Lilith, owns a library that seems to be haunted by the former librarian, who looks much like a raven from the brief glimpses... Read Full Overview

George MacDonald was a master story-teller, the author of beautiful fictions such as Phantastes, Sir Gibbie, and The Princess and the Goblin. The story of Lilith is no different. A brilliant piece that dives deep into the human conscience. Some believe this is MacDonald's darkest... Read Full Overview

In Lilith the aptly named protagonist Mr. Vane follows a specter through a mirror in his haunted library into a fantasy land of the past where he meets Lilith, Adam and Eve, and a host of others. He explores the nature of original sin and redemption. An epic fantasy adventure... Read Full Overview

George MacDonald was a spiritual and literary forbear of writers such as C. S. Lewis, W. H. Auden, G. K. Chesterton, and Madeleine L'Engle. "Lilith" is the account of a man who has never thought much about the laws of nature or his place in the universe or much of anything... Read Full Overview

A Duplex Edition. Lilith (A): Original 'A' Manuscript duplexed with the 1896 Published Edition of Lilith. MacDonald's last fantasy work powerfully suggests dark self discoveries in another world. Redemption is difficult to the self purposed soul. Complex symbolism.

"Lilith" is the 1895 fantasy novel by George MacDonald, the pioneering and widely influential Scottish writer and Christian minister. It is the story of Mr. Vane, the owner of a library that seems to be haunted by a former librarian, a spirit that resembles a raven. When Vane... Read Full Overview

This is the Original and unabridged text of Lilith.

Lilith is considered among the darkest of George MacDonald's works, and among the most profound. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death, and salvation. In the story, MacDonald mentions... Read Full Overview