- At the Back of the North Wind (version 2)
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At the Back of the North Wind is a children's book by George MacDonald. It was serialized in the children's magazine Good Words for the Young beginning in 1868 and was published in book form in 1871. It is a fantasy centered on a boy named Diamond and his adventures with the North Wind. Diamond travels together with the mysterious Lady North Wind through the nights. The book includes the fairy tale Little Daylight, which has been pulled out as an independent work, or separately, added to other collections of his fairy tales.
- Chapters
- The Hayloft
- The Lawn
- Old Diamond
- North Wind
- The Summer-house
- Out in the Storm
- The Cathedral
- The East Window
- How Diamond Got to the Back of the North Wind
- At the Back of the North Wind
- How Diamond Got Home Again
- Who Met Diamond at Sandwich
- The Seaside
- Old Diamond
- The Mews
- Diamond Makes a Beginning
- Diamond Goes On
- The Drunken Cabman
- Diamond's Friends
- Diamond Learns to Read
- Sal's Nanny
- Mr. Raymond's Riddle
- The Early Bird
- Another Early Bird
- Diamond's Dream
- Diamond Takes a Fare the Wrong Way Right
- The Children's Hospital
- Little Daylight
- Ruby
- Nanny's Dream
- The North Wind Doth Blow
- Diamond and Ruby
- The Prospect Brightens
- In the Country
- I Make Diamond's Acquaintance
- Diamond Questions North Wind
- Once More
- At the Back of the North Wind