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Lilith: A Romance

by George MacDonald

Category: Fiction

Status: Available

Source: Public Domain — Project Gutenberg

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"Lilith: A Romance" by George MacDonald is a fantasy novel published in 1895. Mr. Vane discovers a mysterious parallel universe through his library mirror, guided by the enigmatic Mr. Raven. There he encounters sleeping dreamers, children who never grow up, and the seductive Lilith—Adam's first wife and a dark princess. This profound tale explores life, death, and salvation through a haunting journey where true life may only be found in death, and redemption comes at a terrible price. (This is an automatically generated summary.)

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LILITH

By George MacDonald

I took a walk on Spaulding’s Farm the other afternoon. I saw the setting sun lighting up the opposite side of a stately pine wood. Its golden rays straggled into the aisles of the wood as into some noble hall. I was impressed as if some ancient and altogether admirable and shining family had settled there in that part of the land called Concord, unknown to me,--to whom the sun was servant,--who had not gone into society in the village,--who had not been called on. I saw their park, their pleasure-ground, beyond through the wood, in Spaulding’s cranberry-meadow. The pines furnished them with gables as they grew. Their house was not obvious to vision; their trees grew through it. I do not know whether I heard the sounds of a suppressed hilarity or

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