num_pages: 336
description: 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.
language: English
title: At the Back of the North Wind
titlecomplete: At the Back of the North Wind
characters: Diamond
genres: Fiction, Christian, Classics, Young Adult, Childrens, Christian Fiction, Fairy Tales, Fantasy, Literature, Victorian
ratings_count: 7438
publisher: Puffin Classics