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Myth & Legend FictionClassic FantasyFairy Tales & Folklore

The Wise Woman

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  • 1875 first published
  • 142 pages
  • 57 editions
  • 🎧 2 h 57 min free audiobook
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George MacDonald's The Wise Woman (1875) is a mythic fiction and classic fantasy novella. Key subjects include fairy tales, conduct of life, family and art.

15 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 57 editions across 3 languages.

At about 142 pages, most readers finish it in 2–3 hours. A free LibriVox audiobook (2 h 57 min) is available.

About The Wise Woman

The Wise Woman abducts a princess and a peasant girl and carries them off to her magical cottage in the forest in order to teach them the lessons of Christian love and humility.
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Free audiobook

The Wise Woman — LibriVox recording, 2 h 57 min in 15 sections.

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Opening line

“THERE was a certain country where things used to go rather oddly.”

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Subjects

  • Conduct of life in fiction
  • Fairy tales
  • Conduct of life
  • Children's literature
  • Family
  • Art
  • Religious
  • Fantasy
  • Young women
  • Children's fiction
  • Kidnapping
  • Fantasy fiction
  • Christian life
  • Classics
  • Family - General
  • Royalty, Kings queens princes princesses knights etc.

Quick answers

Who wrote The Wise Woman?

The Wise Woman was written by George MacDonald and first published in 1875.

What genre is The Wise Woman?

It is usually shelved as Myth & Legend Fiction, Classic Fantasy and Fairy Tales & Folklore.

How long is The Wise Woman?

The median edition has 142 pages, about 2–3 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

Is there a free audiobook of The Wise Woman?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 2 h 57 min.

What books are similar to The Wise Woman?

Readers who like it often enjoy The king of the Golden River; or, The black brothers, The World's Desire and The Ugly Duckling.

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