false 268187 32 "<I>Lilith</I> is equal if not superior to the best of Poe," the great 20th-century poet W.H. Auden said of this novel, but the comparison only begins to touch on the richness, density, and wonder of this late 19th-century adult fantasy novel. First published in 1895 (inhabiting a universe with the early Yeats, George Bernard Shaw, and Oscar Wilde--not to mention Thomas Hardy), this is the story of the aptly named Mr. Vane, his magical house, and the journeys into another world into which it leads him.<br><br> Meeting up with one mystery after another, including Adam and Eve themselves, he slowly but surely explores the mystery of the human fall from grace, and of our redemption. Instructed into the ways of seeing the deeper realities of this world--seeing, in a sense, by the light of the spirit--the reader and Mr. Vane both sense that MacDonald writes from his own deep experience of radiance, from a bliss so profound that death's darkness itself is utterly eclipsed in its light. <I>--Doug Thorpe</I> 972273 1895 Lilith total:485|5:168|4:159|3:119|2:28|1:11| 485 1900 796 72 1 1 false false Thu Mar 19 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Apr 12 12:06:52 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 19 15:54:29 -0700 2009 At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and Curdie, The Princess and the Goblin, The Day Boy and the Night Girl and even Alec Forbes and His Friend Annie were among my childhood favorites--they were magical and my first brushes w...more...]]> 4 2 false false Mon Dec 24 10:21:25 -0800 2007 Fri Dec 21 15:18:23 -0800 2007 Mon Dec 24 06:07:55 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 2 false false Sun Mar 16 19:40:43 -0700 2008 Sun Mar 16 19:45:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Sun Aug 09 12:12:05 -0700 2009 Sun Aug 09 12:17:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 1 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Thu May 24 08:17:20 -0700 2007 Thu May 24 08:17:20 -0700 2007
Dr. Neuhauser let me know about some publishers of unedited George MacDonald books.]]> 2 1 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Thu Aug 21 15:26:47 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 15:26:47 -0700 2008 5 0 false false Wed Apr 08 17:01:24 -0700 2009 Wed Apr 08 17:01:24 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Mon Mar 09 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Jan 08 00:28:23 -0800 2009 Mon Mar 09 22:26:25 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Dec 02 14:26:56 -0800 2008 Thu May 14 06:24:44 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 06 10:10:35 -0800 2008 Wed Feb 27 06:48:20 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 true false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sun Jan 13 23:44:47 -0800 2008 Mon Jun 23 19:23:51 -0700 2008
It was good.

It poetically enters the mysteries of death-evil-good-God-heaven-the-need-for-purification-et-cetera and...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 27 15:19:01 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 15 23:20:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Tue Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sat Jan 17 11:52:48 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 20 18:53:47 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Aug 03 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 12:44:28 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 07 12:50:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Tue Jun 03 11:49:17 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:05:05 -0700 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Sun Apr 15 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Mon Dec 15 08:45:06 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 08:48:37 -0800 2008 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sun Sep 20 19:35:09 -0700 2009 Sun Sep 20 19:35:36 -0700 2009 more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 14 12:54:18 -0700 2009 Fri Aug 14 13:28:24 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Tue Apr 28 20:19:06 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 28 20:21:12 -0700 2009
Best read before bed, as it will give you the strangest dreams. If you read it in the day, you're head might very well be muddled until you go to sleep. ]]> 2 0 false false Mon May 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 02 13:23:20 -0700 2009 Wed May 06 17:22:16 -0700 2009