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'''George MacDonald''' was a Victorian Scottish writer chiefly known for his fantasy works, which were read by such authors as [[
Other writers who cited MacDonald as an influence include [[
He is not [[George Macdonald Fraser]].
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* ''[[The Princess and
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* [[An Aesop]]
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: <s> Frequently</s> ''Always''.
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* [[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: Cosmo von Wehrstahl dies in the arms of the Princess von Honenweiess he has released from the mirror she has been enchanted in, but she finds him too late and cradles him as he dies in her arms in one of the stories in ''Phantastes''.
** In ''Lilith'', {{spoiler|Lona}} dies in her true love's Vane's arms after she's killed by {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father|her mother]]}}, Lilith.
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Everything's Better
* [[Evil Is Deathly Cold]]: At first it seems to be played straight, but is ultimately subverted in ''Lilith''.
* [[Fairy Tale Motifs]]
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* [[Mythopoeia]]
* [[Offing the Offspring]]: {{spoiler|Lilith}} in ''Lilith.''
* [[Our Goblins Are
* [[The Power of Love]]
* [[The Promise]]
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* [[Too Good for This Sinful Earth]]
* [[The Vamp]]: [[Lilith]] in her eponymous novel, and the Maiden of the Alder-Tree in ''Phantastes''.
* [[What Could Have Been]]: MacDonald once proposed to an American literary friend that they should collaborate on a novel in order to secure copyright on both sides of the Atlantic. The friend's name? [[Mark Twain]]. Unfortunately the project never transpired. However, scholars have pointed out some similarities between MacDonald's ''Sir Gibbie'' and Twain's ''[[Huckleberry Finn]]'', suggesting that perhaps they discussed such a story together. [https://web.archive.org/web/20150911131715/http://www.george-macdonald.com/resources/mark_twain.html
* [[Writer
** An example that even this [[Tropes Are Not Bad|trope is not bad]]. [[
=== George MacDonald in fiction: ===▼
* [[CS Lewis (Creator)|CS Lewis]] was particularly moved after reading ''Phantastes'', and much of Lewis' writing reflect the themes that MacDonald used. Accordingly, Lewis uses MacDonald as a [[The Mentor|guiding character]] - much like Dante used [[Virgil (Creator)|Virgil]] in ''[[The Divine Comedy (Literature)|The Divine Comedy]]'' - in ''[[The Great Divorce]]''.▼
==Literature==
▲* [[
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