Books with title At the Back of the Northwind

The book tells the story of a young boy named Diamond. He is a very sweet little boy who makes joy everywhere he goes. He fights despair and gloom and brings peace to his family. One night, as he is trying to sleep, Diamond repeatedly plugs up a hole in the loft (also his bedroom) wall to stop the wind from blowing in. However, he soon finds out that this is stopping the North Wind from seeing through her window. Diamond befriends her, and North Wind lets him fly with her, taking him on several adventures. Though the North Wind does good deeds and helps people, she also does seemingly terrible things. On one of her assignments, she must sink a ship. Yet everything she does that seems bad leads to something good. The North Wind seems to be a representation of Pain and Death working according to God's will for something good.

At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book written by Scottish author George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales

A Victorian fairy tale that has enchanted readers for more than a hundred years: the magical story of Diamond, the son of a poor coachman, who is swept away by the North Wind–a radiant, maternal spirit with long, flowing hair–and whose life is transformed by a brief glimpse of the beautiful country “at the back of the north wind.” It combines a Dickensian regard for the working class of mid-19th-century England with the invention of an ethereal landscape, and is published here alongside Arthur Hughes’s handsome illustrations from the original 1871 edition.

From the author known for his moving fairy tales and fantasy works a sweet story by George Macdonald. The story of Diamond and his new friend the North Wind and their adventures together. Diamond lives with his family in Scotland; by day he helps his Mother with his baby sister and his Father take care of his cab horse. But by night Diamond experiences a world of beauty and wonder. He has a compassionate heart and sweet spirit that seeks to understand the mysteries of the world around him. Beautifully illustrated.

From the author known for his moving fairy tales and fantasy works a sweet story by George Macdonald. The story of Diamond and his new friend the North Wind and their adventures together. Diamond lives with his family in Scotland; by day he helps his Mother with his baby sister and his Father take care of his cab horse. But by night Diamond experiences a world of beauty and wonder. He has a compassionate heart and sweet spirit that seeks to understand the mysteries of the world around him. Beautifully illustrated.

From the author known for his moving fairy tales and fantasy works a sweet story by George Macdonald. The story of Diamond and his new friend the North Wind and their adventures together. Diamond lives with his family in Scotland; by day he helps his Mother with his baby sister and his Father take care of his cab horse. But by night Diamond experiences a world of beauty and wonder. He has a compassionate heart and sweet spirit that seeks to understand the mysteries of the world around him. Beautifully illustrated.

From the author known for his moving fairy tales and fantasy works a sweet story by George Macdonald. The story of Diamond and his new friend the North Wind and their adventures together. Diamond lives with his family in Scotland; by day he helps his Mother with his baby sister and his Father take care of his cab horse. But by night Diamond experiences a world of beauty and wonder. He has a compassionate heart and sweet spirit that seeks to understand the mysteries of the world around him. Beautifully illustrated.

From the author known for his moving fairy tales and fantasy works a sweet story by George Macdonald. The story of Diamond and his new friend the North Wind and their adventures together. Diamond lives with his family in Scotland; by day he helps his Mother with his baby sister and his Father take care of his cab horse. But by night Diamond experiences a world of beauty and wonder. He has a compassionate heart and sweet spirit that seeks to understand the mysteries of the world around him. Beautifully illustrated.

From the author known for his moving fairy tales and fantasy works a sweet story by George Macdonald. The story of Diamond and his new friend the North Wind and their adventures together. Diamond lives with his family in Scotland; by day he helps his Mother with his baby sister and his Father take care of his cab horse. But by night Diamond experiences a world of beauty and wonder. He has a compassionate heart and sweet spirit that seeks to understand the mysteries of the world around him. Beautifully illustrated.