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The Wise Woman and Other Stories

This is one volume in the four-volume collection of the complete fantasy stories of George MacDonald, the great nineteenth-century innovator of modern fantasy, whose works influenced C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams.

Audience
childrensyoung adult
Length
short · 182 pages

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