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At the Back of the North Wind

by George MacDonald from 1871

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MacDonald's At the Back of the North Wind (1871) is the most philosophically serious of Victorian children's fantasies: a London cab driver's son named Diamond befriends the North Wind — a beautiful woman who takes him on supernatural journeys, including to the country at the back of the north wind, which is recognizably death. The novel's gentle approach to mortality and its vision of transcendence made it an influence on C. S. Lewis, G. K. Chesterton, and J. R. R. Tolkien. As group reading, Diamond's conversations with the North Wind are among the most beautiful in children's literature.

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At the Back of the North Wind

Words
88.2k
Duration
~11 hr 2 min

40 sections

88.2k words
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1
CHAPTER I. THE HAY-LOFT
3.3k24:27
2
CHAPTER II. THE LAWN
2.3k17:08
3
CHAPTER III. OLD DIAMOND
2.9k21:51
4
CHAPTER IV. NORTH WIND
3k22:46
5
CHAPTER V. THE SUMMER-HOUSE
3.1k23:11
6
CHAPTER VI. OUT IN THE STORM
1.9k13:54
7
CHAPTER VII. THE CATHEDRAL
2.6k19:28
8
CHAPTER VIII. THE EAST WINDOW
1.1k8:35
9
CHAPTER IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
4.9k36:28
10
CHAPTER X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
1.3k10:07
11
CHAPTER XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN
1.9k14:03
12
CHAPTER XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH
1.4k10:35
13
CHAPTER XIII. THE SEASIDE
2.5k19:03
14
CHAPTER XIV. OLD DIAMOND
8206:09
15
CHAPTER XV. THE MEWS
9557:10
16
CHAPTER XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING
3.1k22:59
17
CHAPTER XVII. DIAMOND GOES ON
2.4k17:59
18
CHAPTER XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN
2k14:59
19
CHAPTER XIX. DIAMOND'S FRIENDS
1.7k12:49
20
CHAPTER XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ
2191:39
21
LITTLE BOY BLUE
1.3k10:05
22
CHAPTER XXI. SAL'S NANNY
2.2k16:52
23
CHAPTER XXII. MR. RAYMOND'S RIDDLE
9146:51
24
CHAPTER XXIII. THE EARLY BIRD
8266:12
25
CHAPTER XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD
2.5k18:36
26
THE TRUE STORY OF THE CAT AND THE FIDDLE
2621:58
27
CHAPTER XXV. DIAMOND'S DREAM
3.3k24:35
28
CHAPTER XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT
2.2k16:30
29
CHAPTER XXVII. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
1.4k10:37
30
CHAPTER XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT
6.6k49:39
31
CHAPTER XXIX. RUBY
2k14:42
32
CHAPTER XXX. NANNY'S DREAM
5.1k38:26
33
CHAPTER XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW
1.1k7:58
34
CHAPTER XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY
2k15:17
35
CHAPTER XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS
2.7k20:25
36
CHAPTER XXXIV. IN THE COUNTRY
1.3k10:06
37
CHAPTER XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND'S ACQUAINTANCE
3.3k24:47
38
CHAPTER XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND
3.2k24:18
39
CHAPTER XXXVII. ONCE MORE
1.8k13:21
40
CHAPTER XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND
6825:07

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