At the back of the North Wind
By: George MacDonald ; with illustrations by Arthur Hughes.
Contributors: Hughes, Arthur, 1832-1915, ill.
Series: Everyman's library children's classics
Publisher: Knopf; Distributed by Random House; Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 346
Subjects: Fairy tales
Description: Diamond, a young boy living in nineteenth-century London, has many adventures as he travels with the beautiful Lady North Wind and comes to know the many facets of her protective and violent temper.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: CHAPTER I. THE HAY-LOFT; title: II. THE LAWN; title: III. OLD DIAMOND; title: IV. NORTH WIND; title: V. THE SUMMER-HOUSE; title: VI. OUT IN THE STORM; title: VII. THE CATHEDRAL; title: VIII. THE EAST WINDOW; title: IX. HOW DIAMOND GOT TO THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND; title: X. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND; title: XI. HOW DIAMOND GOT HOME AGAIN; title: XII. WHO MET DIAMOND AT SANDWICH; title: XIII. THE SEASIDE; title: XIV. OLD DIAMOND; title: XV. THE MEWS; title: XVI. DIAMOND MAKES A BEGINNING; title: XVII. DIAMOND GOES ON; title: XVIII. THE DRUNKEN CABMAN; title: XIX. DIAMOND'S FRIENDS; title: XX. DIAMOND LEARNS TO READ; title: XXI. SAL'S NANNY; title: XXII. MR. RAYMOND'S RIDDLE; title: XXIII. THE EARLY BIRD; title: XXIV. ANOTHER EARLY BIRD; title: XXV. DIAMOND'S DREAM; title: XXVI. DIAMOND TAKES A FARE THE WRONG WAY RIGHT; title: XXVII. THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL; title: XXVIII. LITTLE DAYLIGHT; title: XXIX. RUBY; title: XXX. NANNY'S DREAM; title: XXXI. THE NORTH WIND DOTH BLOW; title: XXXII. DIAMOND AND RUBY; title: XXXIII. THE PROSPECT BRIGHTENS; title: XXXIV. IN THE COUNTRY; title: XXXV. I MAKE DIAMOND'S ACQUAINTANCE; title: XXXVI. DIAMOND QUESTIONS NORTH WIND; title: XXXVII. ONCE MORE; title: XXXVIII. AT THE BACK OF THE NORTH WIND.