The Elect Lady

by George MacDonald

Publisher:

Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.

, 1888

Overview

In most of George MacDonald’s novels, theological and existential motifs provide the context within and the substance that determines the character of MacDonald’s fictional subjects. The Elect Lady continues this allegorical approach through the character of Andrew, a poor but scholarly and godly man, as well as Dawtie and Alexa.

Product Details

• Title: The Elect Lady
• Author: George MacDonald
• Publisher: Kegan Paul, Trench, & Co.
• Print Publication Date: 1888
• Logos Release Date: 2020
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subjects: Scotland › Fiction; Fathers and daughters › Fiction
• Resource ID: LLS:WRKSGRGMCDNLD21
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-12T00:20:53Z

About George MacDonald

George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. Known particularly for his poignant fairy tales and fantasy novels, George MacDonald inspired many authors, such as W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L’Engle. It was C.S. Lewis who wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his “master”: “Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read.