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.
More than a century after it was written, George MacDonald\'s At the Back of the North Wind continues to intrigue r.
It combines a Dickensian regard for the working class of mid-19th-century England with the invention of an ethereal landscape.
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