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Short Fiction

Short Fiction

by George MacDonald

A collection of George MacDonald’s fairy tales, short stories, and novellas.

Languages
English·Español
License
Public Domain
Originally published
1905
Latest release
Oct 8, 2026
Pages
771
Format
6 × 9 in (152 × 229 mm)
Book type
Novel
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Table of Contents

  1. I
  2. II
  3. III
  4. IV. The Wise Woman
  5. V. The Wise Woman
  6. VI. Agnes
  7. VII
  8. VIII
  9. IX
  10. X
  11. XI. The Princess's Return
  12. XII
  13. XIII
  14. XIV
  15. I
  16. II. Alice in Fairyland
  17. III. Richard
  18. IV. The Lake
  19. Far Above Rubies
  20. Port in a Storm
  21. Stephen Archer
  22. The Broken Swords
  23. Husband and Wife
  24. An Astonishment
  25. III. Another Astonishment
  26. What It Meant
  27. V. What Came of It
  28. I. The Mountain Stream
  29. The Fairy Fleet
  30. III. The Old Woman and Her Hen
  31. IV. The Goblin Blacksmith
  32. V. The Moss Vineyard
  33. VI. The Consequences
  34. VII. The Banished Fairies
  35. VIII. Their Revenge
  36. IX. The Fairy Fiddler
  37. The Old Woman and Her Hen
  38. XI. The Goblin Cobbler
  39. XII. The Wax and the Awl
  40. A Parable
  41. The Cruel Painter
  42. The Giant’s Heart
  43. I
  44. II
  45. III. Alice’s Lover
  46. IV. Mr. Greatorex
  47. V. Christmas Eve
  48. VI. Christmas Day
  49. VII
  50. The Golden Key
  51. The Gray Wolf
  52. I. Watho
  53. Aurora
  54. III. Vesper
  55. IV. Photogen and Nycteris
  56. V. Nycteris
  57. VI. How Photogen Grew
  58. VII. How Nycteris Grew
  59. VIII. The Lamp
  60. IX. Out
  61. X
  62. XI
  63. XII
  64. XIII
  65. XIV
  66. XV
  67. XVI
  68. XVII
  69. XVIII
  70. XIX
  71. XX
  72. I
  73. II
  74. III
  75. IV
  76. V
  77. VI
  78. VII
  79. VIII
  80. IX
  81. X
  82. XI
  83. XII
  84. XIII
  85. XIV
  86. XV
  87. The Shadows
  88. The Wow o’ Rivven
  89. Uncle Cornelius His Story