Diamond And The North Wind

At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window. Diamond befriends her, and North Wind lets him ride on her back, taking him on several adventures. Though the North Wind does good deeds and helps people, she also does seemingly terrible things. On one of her assignments, she must sink a ship. Yet everything she does that seems bad leads to something good. The North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to God's will for something good. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors including W. H. Auden, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, Walter de la Mare, E. Nesbit and Madeleine L'Engle. G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".

Diamond and the North Wind is an illustrated story about a boy living in London in the 1800s. His father is a coachman for a rich gentleman and their family lives in his carriage house. Diamond is visited by the North Wind who takes him with her as she does her work. This story is an excerpt from the classic fairy tale At the Back of the North Wind, written by beloved Scottish author, George MacDonald, and first printed in 1871.

As a poor cabbie and his wife eke out a meager existence in Victorian London, their little boy, Diamond—named after his father’s horse—is befriended by the North Wind. While Diamond learns much about life through his travels with North Wind, his visit to the country at her “back” proves to be transformative. As life in London grows especially hard, that moment provides Diamond with the resources to touch those around him with beauty and truth. Although At the Back of the North Wind was written for children, in it MacDonald deals with deep themes, especially the potential for suffering to be redemptive, and the meaning of death.

At the Back of the North Wind CHAPTER I. THE HAY-LOFT CHAPTER II. THE LAWN CHAPTER III. OLD DIAMOND CHAPTER IV. NORTH WIND CHAPTER V. THE SUMMER-HOUSE CHAPTER VI. OUT IN THE STORM CHAPTER VII. THE CATHEDRAL CHAPTER VIII. THE EAST WINDOW CHAPTER IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND CHAPTER X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND CHAPTER XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN CHAPTER XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH CHAPTER XIII. THE SEASIDE CHAPTER XIV. OLD DIAMOND CHAPTER XV. THE MEWS CHAPTER XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING CHAPTER XVII. DIAMOND GOES ON CHAPTER XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN CHAPTER XIX. DIAMOND’S FRIENDS CHAPTER XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ CHAPTER XXI. SAL’S NANNY CHAPTER XXII. MR. RAYMOND’S RIDDLE CHAPTER XXIII. THE EARLY BIRD CHAPTER XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD CHAPTER XXV. DIAMOND’S DREAM CHAPTER XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL CHAPTER XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT CHAPTER XXIX. RUBY CHAPTER XXX. NANNY’S DREAM CHAPTER XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW CHAPTER XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE COUNTRY CHAPTER XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND’S ACQUAINTANCE CHAPTER XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE MORE CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND

At the Back of the North Wind is a children's story about a good, sweet boy called Diamond who rides the North Wind as she travels her familiar routes. They do good and wreak havoc, though everything seems to work towards a happy end.

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At the Back of the North Wind by George MacDonald The story tells of a young man named Diamond, the son of a coachman in an English country mansion. Diamond sleeps in the haystack above the stables and is disturbed at night by the wind blowing through the holes in the wall. He tries to cover them up, but one night, he hears an imperious voice scolding him for doing this! It is the magnificent North Wind that speaks to him and tells him that he has closed his windows. Puzzled and intrigued, Diamond begins a conversation with this haughty lady who then invites him to travel with her and see the wide world. What follows is a series of wonderful adventures and experiences in which the great North Wind teaches Diamond the most valuable lessons a human being can learn: about truth, goodness, beauty, and love. The book is said to have inspired writers like CS Lewis. The author, George Macdonald, was a literary luminary of his day. A friend of the great artists, writers, and philosophers of the time such as John Ruskin, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Antony Trollope, Walt Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and many others, he was an ordained minister of the Church as well as being a talented poet. and writer. His work includes novels, fantasy stories, children's stories, poetry, non-fiction, and religious treatises. He was also a strong advocate of criminal reform and opposed punishment in any form, believing that love could conquer all. Behind the North, Wind has been seen by many scholars as an allegorical tale. But for young readers, it is simply an exciting fantasy story.

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 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. 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 separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window.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 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. 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 separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window.