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- C. M. W.
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THIS IS LIBRIVOX'S FREE RECORDING
This exact recording is available free on librivox and belongs to librivox. I'm agog that audible is charging folks for this. It's not their intellectual property. Audible has chopped out the "this is a librivox recording" part of each chapter. I wonder how often this has happened.
The reading is poor because the reader is merely a volunteer.
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- sempervirens
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Same audio as free on librivox
The narrator seems like a volunteer; he mispronounces some words and is somewhat monotone, but otherwise good. You can download the very same audio free from librivox though, so I’m not sure why I paid for it here...
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- V
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Caveat Emptor
Poor performance and apparently appropriated from Librivox. I'm confused, Audible usually does rather well. Oh well.
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- Susan
- 02-20-21
An adult experience in fairyland
Beauty read, listened to, experienced. George McDonald's beauty is not always as we expect beauty. Even dark things that appear dreadful can be beautiful. This book brings life to life and death to life. There is no wonder that CS Lewis said that when he read Phantastes he crossed a great frontier. It was JRR Tolkien who suggested it to Lewis for reading.
Phantastes cannot be explained. MacDonald incorporates myth and fairy lore, yet is never bound by either. It is full of feeling, and it is all feeling, and it is more than feeling. It is texture and reality, and it is equally mystic clouds.
Yes, there is a story here, but more than a story, there is experience. The experience is not just of one to be held in the heart of the reader, but of every human, corporate and singular experience.
Reader, choose wisely. This book is your entrance into the fairyland you left in your childhood or sadly, possibly you never before knew. It is adulthood's fairyland, and it's worth every minute you give it.
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- Trevor Reed
- 12-26-17
Terrible narrator
The story was intriguing but the narrator was unbearable to listen to. Couldn't get past second the chapter. I was really excited to get through this book too.
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- Ron Hutchcraft
- 07-14-17
Nothing but the Best!
So impressed, George MacDonald is the Grandfather of us All! Such a Beautiful reading absolutely Captivating and Riveting! Classic Poetry
Beautiful Literature, Rare Comfort. I highly recommend this book!
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- onegoodstory
- 02-26-20
POWERFUL If you love fairy you will love this
I have searched for a very long time and this is the best and most powerful reading of George MacDonalds fairy fantasy. I won't go into the story substance but will say there are beautiful descriptions and passages in this presentation and the narrator's voice carries it through without interruption of what might be your personal flight of fantasy in your own imagining of what you interpret from the story. It is a full and complete work of art.
I just can't listen to it enough and find it great to listen to any time of day or night. So have delved into many other works by MacDonald.
If C.S. Lewis and Tolkein found inspiration in his work, well, even 150 years later I believe I will too!
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- Thistle
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Beautiful
I finished it and promptly started over. so beautiful. the narrator's voice is just right. it's like a slow, sleepy tour of faery and it WILL make you cry. let George take you to Tir Na Nog.
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- Tim_Dodson
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A first-person, transforming adventure in fairyland
This is a wonderful fantasy story told in the first person, dramatically illustrating the development of character, something developed beyond, and yet embodied in, our life in the material world. CS Lewis was greatly impacted by this book, a book that transcends materialistic thought.
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Rich, sad, hopeful fairy tale
One of the most moving tales I have ever known of. George Macdonald gives a tremendous sense of melancholy and redemption through this book.
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Phantastes: A faerie romance for men and women is a fantasy novel by Scottish writer George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858. It was later reprinted in paperback by Ballantine Books as the 14th volume of the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series in April 1970.
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Fantastic Phantastes!
- By Lisa on 08-29-22
By: George MacDonald
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Lilith
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Rebecca K. Reynolds
- Length: 11 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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It is the story of Mr. Vane, an orphan and heir to a large house - a house in which he has a vision that leads him through a large old mirror into another world. In chronicling the five trips Mr. Vane makes to this other world, MacDonald hauntingly explores the ultimate mystery of evil.
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INACCESSIBLE BOOK BECOMES ACCESSIBLE AND ENJOYABLE
- By Steve on 07-31-19
By: George MacDonald
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Getting to Know Jesus
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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MacDonald stressed the necessity of salvation and the importance of combining Christian faith with obedience to Jesus' teachings. He also believed that God's universal grace would eventually save everyone. Though written in the mid-19th century, these sermons, including "Mirrors of Christ", "Glorified through Trouble", "Salvation from Sin", and "The Giver of Rest", continue to provide contemporary followers with the spiritual guidance they seek.
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Why do we call him
- By Regina on 02-11-05
By: George MacDonald
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Lilith
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Robert J. Shaw
- Length: 10 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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George MacDonald was a master storyteller, the author of beautiful fictions such as Phantastes, Sir Gibbie, and The Princess and the Goblin. The story of Lilith is no different. A brilliant piece that dives deep into the human conscience. Some believe this is MacDonald's darkest story. It has been said that C. S. Lewis was fascinated with this work. A fantasy indeed, but as with much of MacDonald's work, living truths are ingrained within. Enjoy.
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Timeless Story...Outstanding Narration!
- By Pete on 01-25-19
By: George MacDonald
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George MacDonald
- By: C. S. Lewis
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 4 hrs and 23 mins
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C. S. Lewis wrote of George MacDonald: "I know hardly any other writer who seems to be closer, or more continually close, to the Spirit of Christ Himself." Lewis also claimed that everything he wrote was influenced by this Scottish pastor and novelist who lived a century before Lewis. George MacDonald serves as an act of appreciation, with Lewis gathering 365 of the best and most profound lines from his mentor as well as providing a preface detailing the impact MacDonald had on Lewis' own literary and spiritual career.
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Meditations from Mac Donald
- By Brian D. Moore on 06-08-15
By: C. S. Lewis
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Lilith
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Jonathan St. John
- Length: 9 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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A fantastical and intricate novel, Lilith brings all the elements of a fascinating and epic journey with the added layer of spiritual and theological themes woven into the characters, trials, and temptations. Follow as Mr. Vane enters the vast, complex, and multidimensional “Region of the Seven Dimensions” and learns how much a connection to spiritual understanding and growth can change the course of his life and make or break his expeditions there.
By: George MacDonald
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Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Scott M. Kingston
- Length: 19 hrs and 1 min
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First published in 1867, Unspoken Sermons Series I, II, and III is a series of sermons by George MacDonald, a Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll.
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Transformative
- By Aaron Elrod on 04-26-23
By: George MacDonald
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The Princess and the Goblin
- Presented by Blackstone
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Frederick Davidson
- Length: 4 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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The discovery of a secret stairway running to the top of the castle leads Princess Irene to a revelation even more weighty than the fiendish plans of the goblin community that miner boy Curdie has discovered. Will the Princess and Curdie understand the significance of what they have found, or will Harelip and the goblins successfully execute their evil plan?
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Not a good choice of narrator
- By S. Helms on 07-29-16
By: George MacDonald
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The Golden Key
- By: George MacDonald
- Narrated by: Paul Eggington
- Length: 1 hr and 1 min
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Join the children Tangle and Mossy as they embark on a journey of faith, spiritual maturity and sanctification. Richly imaginative and sparkling with mythic qualities, this story communicates the joy of entering into faith as a child, traveling through life with a loving companion, and longing for the heavenly country.
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Amazing!!!!!!
- By Christopher Uhles on 08-22-16
By: George MacDonald