The complete online text of A Rough Shaking by George MacDonald.

During the mid-to late-Victorian period, George MacDonald was a public personality and a well-known literary figure. Leading critical journals printed long articles on his work; in 1869 the London Quarterly Review called him "one of the most popular auth...

Any study that seeks to trace the influences of English and European romanticism in "mythopoeic" fantasy must turn to the works of the Scottish author George MacDonald. He was a contemporary of Lewis Carroll (MacDonald's children read "Alice's Adventures...

George MacDonald is remembered as one of the founding fathers of modern fantasy. Although he wrote many different kinds of books, including realistic novels, poetry, sermons, and literary criticism, his imaginative fairy tales of growth and redemption we...

Talk about diamonds in the rough! That--literally--sums up the latest looks in jewelry. Blame it on reality television. These days, we just can't get enough of watching people battling nature, not to mention each other, tooth and nail. Who wants refined when...

As 1987 came to an end, there was a common thread of dismay among even some of District Mayor Marion Barry's most ardent supporters. "Honestly, I hope that we have a better year in 1988," sighed Max N. Berry, chairman of the mayor's...