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    The Wise Woman
    The Wise Woman
    The Wise Woman
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    The Wise Woman

    Written by George MacDonald

    Narrated by LibriVox Community

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    George MacDonald was an influential Scottish author, poet, and Christian minister. MacDonald’s works (particularly his fairy tales and fantasy novels) claimed the admiration of such authors as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Madeleine L’Engle.

    The Wise Woman fairy tale was one of MacDonald’s more popular works. This delightful story describes how a woman of mysterious powers pays visits to two very different young girls: one a princess, the other a shepherd’s daughter. Neither girl is left unchanged by the startling events that are unleashed as a result: and the reader is confronted by astonishing fairy-worlds in which the girls are forced to choose between good and evil.

    The Wise Woman has been subsequently republished under various titles, including:
    - The Lost Princess, and
    - A Double Story. (Summary by Godsend)

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherLibriVox
    Release dateAug 25, 2014
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    George MacDonald

    George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a popular Scottish lecturer and writer of novels, poetry, and fairy tales. Born in Aberdeenshire, he was briefly a clergyman, then a professor of English literature at Bedford and King's College in London. W. H. Auden called him "one of the most remarkable writers of the nineteenth century."

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      The story was superb but the audio of the narration left a LOT to be desired.