英文名：At the Back of the North Wind
中文名：北风的背影
作者: George MacDonald
难度：850L
内容介绍：
《北风的背影》由指导刘易斯-卡罗尔并鼓励他将《爱丽丝》投稿出版的人所写，如今已是维多利亚时代儿童文学中被遗忘的经典之作。
故事讲述了一个名叫戴蒙德的小男孩，是英国乡村豪宅里一个马车夫的儿子。戴蒙德睡在马厩上面的草棚里，晚上他发现自己被墙上的洞口吹来的风打扰了。他试图堵住它们，但有一天晚上，他听到一个威严的声音，责备他这样做！这是北风的声音。这是宏伟的北风对他说话，并告诉他，他关闭了她的窗户。戴蒙德感到疑惑和好奇，开始与这位傲慢的女士对话，然后邀请他和她一起旅行，去看看广阔的世界。接下来是一系列奇妙的冒险和经历，在这些经历中，伟大的北风教会了戴蒙德人类最宝贵的课程--关于真、善、美和爱。
据说，这本书给CS刘易斯等作家带来了灵感。作者乔治-麦克唐纳是当时的文学名家。他是当时伟大的艺术家、作家和哲学家的朋友，如约翰-罗斯金、查尔斯-狄更斯、威尔基-柯林斯、安东尼-特洛洛普、沃尔特-惠特曼、亨利-沃兹沃斯-朗费罗等人的朋友，他除了是一位天才的诗人和作家外，还是一位受命的教会牧师。他的作品包括小说、幻想故事、儿童故事、诗歌、非虚构作品和宗教论著。他也是刑事改革的坚定倡导者，反对任何形式的惩罚，相信爱可以战胜一切。
在北风的背影》被许多学者看作是一个寓言故事。但对于年轻读者来说，这只是一个令人兴奋的幻想故事。
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Written by the man who mentored Lewis Carroll and encouraged him to submit Alice for publication, At the Back of the North Wind is today a forgotten classic of Victorian children's literature.
The story tells of a young boy named Diamond, the son of a coachman in an English country mansion. Diamond sleeps in the hayloft above the stables and at night he finds he's disturbed by the wind blowing through the holes in the wall. He tries to plug them but one night, he hears an imperious voice scolding him for doing this! It is the magnificent North Wind that speaks to him and tells him that he's closed up her windows. Puzzled and intrigued, Diamond begins a conversation with this haughty lady who then invites him to travel with her and see the wide world. What follows is a series of wonderful adventures and experiences in which the great North Wind teaches Diamond the most valuable lessons that a human being can learn – about truth, goodness, beauty and love.
The book is said to have inspired writers like CS Lewis. The author, George Macdonald was a literary luminary of his day. Friend of the great artists, writers and philosophers of the day like John Ruskin, Charles Dickens, Wilkie Collins, Antony Trollope, Walt Whitman, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow and a host of others, he was an ordained minister of the Church besides being a gifted poet and writer. His body of work includes novels, fantasy stories, children's stories, poetry, non-fiction and religious treatises. He was also a staunch advocate of criminal reform and opposed punishment in any form, believing that love could conquer everything.
At the Back of the North Wind has been seen by many scholars as an allegorical tale. But for young readers, it is simply an exciting fantasy story.
