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At the Back of the North Wind
It follows a sweet boy named Diamond who befriends the mysterious Lady North Wind, a goddess-like being.
"At the Back of the North Wind" by George MacDonald is a children's fantasy book. It follows a sweet boy named Diamond who befriends the mysterious Lady North Wind, a goddess-like being.
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I HAVE been asked to tell you about the back of the north wind. An old Greek writer mentions a people who lived there, and were so comfortable that they could not bear it any longer, and drowned themselves. My story is not the same as his. I do not think Herodotus had got the right account of the place. I am going to tell you how it fared with a boy who went there.
He lived in a low room over a coach-house; and that was not by any means at the back of the north wind, as his mother very well knew. For one side of the room was built only of boards, and the boards were so old that you might run a penknife through into the north wind. And then let them settle between them which was the sharper! I know that when you pulled it out again the wind would be after it like a cat after a mouse, and you would know soon enough you were not at the back of the north wind. Still, this room was not very cold, except when the north wind blew stronger than usual: the room I have to do with now was always cold, except in summer, when the sun took the matter into his own hands. Indeed, I am not sure whether I ought to call it a room at all; for it was just a loft where they kept hay and straw and oats for the horses.
Contents
- 01Chapter I. The Hay-Loft
- 02Chapter II. The Lawn
- 03Chapter III. Old Diamond
- 04Chapter IV. North Wind
- 05Chapter V. The Summer-House
- 06Chapter VI. Out in the Storm
- 07Chapter VII. The Cathedral
- 08Chapter VIII. The East Window
- 09Chapter IX. How Diamond Got to the Back of the North Wind
- 10Chapter X. At the Back of the North Wind
- 11Chapter XI. How Diamond Got Home Again
- 12Chapter XII. Who Met Diamond at Sandwich
- 13Chapter XIII. The Seaside
- 14Chapter XIV. Old Diamond
- 15Chapter XV. The Mews
- 16Chapter XVI. Diamond Makes a Beginning
- 17Chapter XVII. Diamond Goes on
- 18Chapter XVIII. The Drunken Cabman
- 19Chapter XIX. Diamond's Friends
- 20Chapter XX. Diamond Learns to Read
- 21Chapter XXI. Sal's Nanny
- 22Chapter XXII. Mr. Raymond's Riddle
- 23Chapter XXIII. The Early Bird
- 24Chapter XXIV. Another Early Bird
- 25Chapter XXV. Diamond's Dream
- 26Chapter XXVI. Diamond Takes a Fare the Wrong Way Right
- 27Chapter XXVII. The Children's Hospital
- 28Chapter XXVIII. Little Daylight
- 29Chapter XXIX. Ruby
- 30Chapter XXX. Nanny's Dream
- 31Chapter XXXI. The North Wind Doth Blow
- 32Chapter XXXII. Diamond and Ruby
- 33Chapter XXXIII. The Prospect Brightens
- 34Chapter XXXIV. In the Country
- 35Chapter XXXV. I Make Diamond's Acquaintance
- 36Chapter XXXVI. Diamond Questions North Wind
- 37Chapter XXXVII. Once More
- 38Chapter XXXVIII. At the Back of the North Wind
About this edition
- Author
- George MacDonald
- Language
- English
- Era
- Modern (c. 1800–1945)
- Reading level
- Introductory: no background needed
- Formats
- EPUB, PDF
- Length
- 178 pages
- This edition
- Modern Philosophers
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