{"product_id":"9780615994833","title":"Adela Cathcart (Complete in Three Volumes)","description":"George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish minister who is widely recognized as the most influential fantasist of the nineteenth century. His many works include \u003ci\u003ePhantastes, Lilith, The Princess and the Goblin,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Gifts of the Child Christ.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eAdela Cathcart,\u003c\/i\u003e MacDonald writes about a group of friends who nurse a sick young woman back to health by meeting together to tell stories. In the vein of \u003ci\u003eThe Canterbury Tales,\u003c\/i\u003e the many legends and ballads they invent include some of MacDonald's richest and most original writing. The most famous of these stories include:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Light Princess.\u003c\/i\u003e A child is cursed with an inability to recognize anything serious or sorrowful in life, but can only find happiness by learning to weep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Shadows.\u003c\/i\u003e A man is transported to the kingdom of fairies and beholds how these dark spirits work to spread happiness and consolation through the world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Giant's Heart.\u003c\/i\u003e A deathless giant with no heart in his body captures six princes and their wives in his enchanted castle. The youngest brother of the princes goes on a quest to rescue them by finding the hiding place of the giant's heart.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe collection also includes \u003ci\u003eThe Broken Swords, The Cruel Painter, The Castle, My Uncle Peter, A Child's Holiday,\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBirth, Dreaming, Death.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Assumption Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47027375046896,"sku":"9780615994833","price":17.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780615994833_p0.jpg?v=1763600113","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615994833","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}