FREE THE GOLDEN KEY PDF George MacDonald | 96 pages | 12 Sep 1992 | Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc | 9780374425906 | English | New York, United States THE GOLDEN KEY, Snape - Menu, Prices & Restaurant Reviews - Tripadvisor Goodreads helps you keep track of books you The Golden Key to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return The Golden Key Book Page. Maurice Sendak Illustrations. The adventurous wanderings of a boy and girl to find the keyhole which fits the rainbow's golden key. Get A Copy. Paperback96 pages. More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, The Golden Key sign up. To ask other readers questions about The Golden Keyplease sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Average rating 4. Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Start your review of The Golden Key. If I did, it The Golden Key when I was a child. She has got to be one of my favorite characters in fiction, and even a brief appearance is wonderful. Plus, air-fish! I loved the air fish! View all 4 comments. Jun 17, Heather rated it it was amazing Recommends it for: anyone who wants to be young again Shelves: dear-to-my-heart. View 2 comments. Nov 16, Rebecca rated it it was amazing The Golden Key books-for-young-people. One of the truly great aspects to having kids The Golden Key the surprising return to childhood authors long forgotten. Three exciting rediscoveries for me have been Ruth Krauss, Randall Jarrell and of course the chimerical George Macdonald. The Golden Key while seldom still talked about, is an The Golden Key precursor The Golden Key the likes of Alice in Wonderland, Peter The Golden Key Wendy, and Lord of the Rings. The Golden Key is something I simply adored as The Golden Key kid. While I'm quite certain much of the overall abstraction was completely One of the truly great aspects to having kids is the The Golden Key return to childhood authors long forgotten. The story while following the usual narrative arc with a beginning middle and end, proves unique in that the characters at every stage of the story their journey experience self realization regardless of the 'success' or 'failure' of the specific moment. Nov 20, Brian James rated it really liked it Shelves: ru. The Golden Key long been a devoted obsessive to children's literature, and having a particular fondness for its origins in post-Romantic era England, I have to say it's a little embarrassing to have not read George MacDonald before now. The Golden Key is the kind of spooky, symbolic fairy tale that served as the foundations of literature written for children. It follows a young boy who finds a key from fairy land, but does not know what the key opens. There begins a journey which he undertakes with a gi Having long been a devoted obsessive to children's literature, and having a particular fondness for its origins in post-Romantic era England, I have to say it's a little embarrassing to have not read George MacDonald before now. There begins a journey which he undertakes with a girl The Golden Key escapes the cruelty of unkind masters, one lasting their entire lives. I read their search as allegorical of the trials and tribulations on the path to morality within life, with the end object being taken into heaven. This is all beautifully disguised in utterly rich fantasy worlds that come to life with lyrical beauty. The plot can seem simplistic and aimless at times, but never dull. However, the language and mood of this work are its real triumph. Though I must confess, reading The Golden Key by candlelight from my house in the woods on a day without electricity may have added to that feeling. A boy and girl set out to find the golden key, which unlocks the door to the land of falling shadows. The story unfolds in a mysterious, surreal, dream-like flow. The children age through life before the end. The symbolism hides under the key of extensive study. Elements of paganism and Christianity evidenced in my interpretation, as Earth, Water and Fire personified in characters the children sought after. In the end, the boy defeats wind as he crosses the sea on foot, a mirror The Golden Key Jesus walking A boy The Golden Key girl set out to The Golden Key the golden key, which unlocks the door to the land of falling shadows. In the end, the boy defeats wind as he crosses the sea on foot, a mirror of Jesus walking on water, which in turn symbolizes the Spirit of God hovering over the waters of creation. Thus, the five elements of paganism and magic surface: Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Spirit thank you Dan Brown for revealing that to me in one of your extraordinary works. This, however, stands to be reputed by others more qualified, with stronger skills of literary interpretation. Dec 15, Sarah rated it it was amazing Shelves: love. They The Golden Key it, just as I did, which makes me very happy. The language is archaic, but beautiful, and the story is classic G. View 1 comment. Sep The Golden Key, Calvin Edwards rated it did not like it. This book was very strange The Golden Key it freaked me out. View all 10 comments. Apr 14, Mailee Pyper rated it it was ok. This book was interesting and sweet at moments, but so strange. I really wasn't sure what was going on, or what the point was of what did occur. It ended and I thought Full disclosure: The biggest reason I requested a copy of The Golden Key was Ruth Sanderson 's illustrations, which, I'm happy to report, were breathtaking. Scratchboard art blows my mind; being a non-artist, I just can't wrap my brain around how artists like Ruth create such The Golden Key by scratching away at solid black to reveal bit by bit a complete picture. The proportions, the balance, the fine details As for George MacDonald's fairy tale, which I read in one sitting, I found it easily adaptable to the reader's interpretation and I like stories where I'm given leeway to apply my own meaning. But I can certainly see where this tale could be presented The Golden Key a Christian fairy tale for those so inclined. I found Ruth's art the perfect complement to the tale, and MacDonald's Fairyland was how I always imagine it: full of creatures both light and dark. Dec 29, David Gregg rated it really liked it Shelves: fictionfantasy-myth-metaphor-scifi. Bewilderingly creative--almost to the point of being, as one reviewer put it: "stream of consciousness. My appreciation of "The Golden Key" has risen, and so has my rating: to four. Jul 20, Juushika rated it it was amazing Shelves: status- borrowedgenre-mg-and-yagenre-fantasy. A boy finds a golden key at the base of a rainbow in Fairyland; a girl flees home to join him on a journey in search of the key's lock. A dreamlike, numinous fairytale, The Golden Key is delicate, brief, and bold. It reminds me best The Golden Key Neil Gaiman's remarkable poem "Instructions," despite the gap of years and style that separate the two works: both are boldy fantastic, freeform to the point of forgoing plot but never direction, short but evocative. It reminds me also of Catherynne M. Valente's T A boy finds a golden key at the base of a rainbow in Fairyland; a girl flees home to join him on a journey in search of the key's lock. But really, what The Golden Key is is the best that this sort of fairy tale can be. The Golden Key is deceptively short, nearly a short story; it's short enough to read twice, and its rambling, looping journey benefits from a second look. MacDonald's voice makes for brevity in more than page The Golden Key, his language light and slightly distant, nodding at the repetition key to classic fairy tales without overindulging, skimming over long journeys The Golden Key casting a sharp eye on remarkable sights, and the effect is eminently consumable and almost effervescent. The brevity also keeps the drifting plot and dream logic in The Golden Key, so where a longer story may grow repetitive even in its slew of wonders, The Golden Key dances from nighttime rainbows to a land of layered shadows to underground caverns with streams of molten metal and each one is a pure, crystalline miracle. The Golden Key is dreamlike, fantastical, utterly convincing; consumable, deceptive, quiet; numinous, allegorical, inspirational. I have a certain bias towards the stories it The Golden Key me of, largely because I encountered them first, but I'm glad to have stumbled upon this one; it is the best I hope for, in a story like this: something that makes me see a world of magic, and want to grasp it with both hands. Of course I recommend it wholeheartedly. The story of Mossy and Tangle, the Golden Key, and 'The land from which the shadows fall' is one to rival anything in the MacDonald oeuvre; and therefore necessarily since MacDonald is peerless as an original mythmaker among the very finest fairy tales you could read.