Featuring 22 illustrations from the 1895 edition!
The Wise Woman: A Parable, also known as A Double Story and The Lost Princess, was originally published in 1875 by Strahan & Co., London.
This shorter fairy tale “Double Story” (by which title it was also published), tells the story of spoiled Princess Rosamond, and a mysterious wise woman whom she meets in the forest, and who continues to come to her in different guises which the princess does not always recognize. Considered by some as one of MacDonald’s “short stories” rather than a novel, The Cullen Collection edition of this story includes MacDonald’s insightful essay, “The Fantastic Imagination.”
(Source: The Cullen Collection)
“But there are victories far worse than defeats; and to overcome an angel too gentle to put out all his strength, and ride away in triumph on the back of a devil, is one of the poorest.”
Recommended Editions and Adaptions
WRITTEN WORKS
From The Works of George MacDonald
From Johannesen Printing & Publishing
The Cullen Collection Edition: includes an introduction by Michael Phillips, as well as Elizabeth Yates’ introduction from her 1964 edition
The Wise Woman with Literary Analysis Journal Questions, by George MacDonald and Stacy Farrell, Revelation Press, 2012 (spiral-bound)
OTHER MEDIA
Articles about The Wise Woman
VARIOUS SOURCES
Imagining Evil: George MacDonald's The WiseWoman: A Parable, by Colin Manlove
NORTH WIND ARCHIVE
The home page of the North Wind Archive can be accessed here.
“Tendering Greatness: George MacDonald’s The Lost Princess and the Bible”, by Deborah Holm
“The Wise Woman or The Lost Princess: A Double Story: A Critique of Victorian Parenting”, by Osama Jarrar
WINGFOLD
Wingfold is a quarterly magazine that restores material by and about George MacDonald, in print since 1993. To subscribe, click here. To request any of the following articles that appear in back issues of Wingfold, contact Barbara Amell at b_amell@q.com.
Summer 2008
“1875 Review - A Double Story”