- Fairy tales, Children's fiction, Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Death, fiction
The adventures of a little boy, Diamond, named for his father's favorite horse, as he travels with the beautiful lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.
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Earnest, grave, classical in form and contemplative.
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- George MacDonald
- First published
- June 1972
- Pages
- 303
- Publisher
- Biblio Distribution Centre, Saalfield Publishing, Broadview Press
- Editions
- 496
- Language
- und, Korean, Russian, English
- ISBN
- 9781537091266
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First sentence
“I HAVE been asked to tell you about the back of the north wind.”
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