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The Hayloft
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Little Diamond, a coachman's son, sleeps in a hayloft over the horses, and one night the wind that blows through a hole in the boards speaks to him. She is North Wind, a great and beautiful lady who carries him through the night on her errands, some of them kind and some of them terrible, and at last takes him to the strange, quiet country at her back. Home again in the poor streets of London, Diamond drives his father's cab, befriends a crossing-sweeper and a drunken cabman's family, and carries a quiet goodness into every place he goes. MacDonald's tender, mysterious story for children of every age is about suffering, trust and a love that is at work even in the dark.
I have been asked to tell you about the back of the north wind. An old Greek writer mentions a people who lived there, and were so comfortable that they could not bear it any longer, and drowned themselves. My story is not the same as his. I do not think Herodotus had got the right account of the place.
Contents
- 1 The Hayloft 16 min
- 2 The Lawn 11 min
- 3 Old Diamond 15 min
- 4 North Wind 15 min
- 5 The Summerhouse 15 min
- 6 Out in the Storm 9 min
- 7 The Cathedral 13 min
- 8 The East Window 6 min
- 9 How Diamond Got to the Back of the North Wind 24 min
- 10 At the Back of the North Wind 7 min
- 11 How Diamond Got Home Again 9 min
- 12 Who Met Diamond at Sandwich 7 min
- 13 The Seaside 13 min
- 14 Old Diamond 4 min
- 15 The Mews 5 min
- 16 Diamond Makes a Beginning 15 min
- 17 Diamond Goes On 12 min
- 18 The Drunken Cabman 10 min
- 19 Diamond’s Friends 9 min
- 20 Diamond Learns to Read 8 min
- 21 Sal’s Nanny 11 min
- 22 Mr. Raymond’s Riddle 5 min
- 23 The Early Bird 4 min
- 24 Another Early Bird 14 min
- 25 Diamond’s Dream 16 min
- 26 Diamond Takes a Fare the Wrong Way Right 11 min
- 27 The Children’s Hospital 7 min
- 28 Little Daylight 33 min
- 29 Ruby 10 min
- 30 Nanny’s Dream 26 min
- 31 The North Wind Doth Blow 5 min
- 32 Diamond and Ruby 10 min
- 33 The Prospect Brightens 14 min
- 34 In the Country 7 min
- 35 I Make Diamond’s Acquaintance 17 min
- 36 Diamond Questions North Wind 16 min
- 37 Once More 9 min
- 38 At the Back of the North Wind 3 min
About the author
George MacDonald
At the Back of the North Wind · 1871
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- @book{macdonald1871back, author = {MacDonald, George}, title = {{At the Back of the North Wind}}, year = {1871}, publisher = {Ochorus}, url = {https://ochorus.com/books/at-the-back-of-the-north-wind/} }