LILITH, A Fantasy Novel - online book

By George MacDonald, 2nd Edition Published By Chatto & Windus, Circa 1896

THIS BOOK was first published in 1895 and is considered among the darkest and most profound of MacDonald's works. It is a story concerning the nature of life, death and salvation. Some believe it alludes to the doctrine of Christian universalism - the idea that all will eventually be saved.

Mr. Vane, the protagonist of Lilith, owns a library haunted by the former librarian who appears as a wraithlike raven who is later called Mr. Raven. Vane learns that Raven had known his father who had also visited the strange parallel universe from which Raven comes. Vane follows Raven through a magic mirror to this parallel universe where he has many adventures of a supernatural and symbolic nature.

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Title Page Preface Page - 0008 CONTENTS CONTENTS I. THE LIBRARY - 0101 Page - 0102 Page - 0103 Page - 0104 Page - 0105 Page - 0106 Page - 0107 II. THE MIRROR - 0108 Page - 0109 Page - 0110 III. THE RAVEN - 0111 Page - 0112 Page - 0113 Page - 0114 Page - 0115 Page - 0116 Page - 0117 Page - 0118 Page - 0119 IV. SOMEWHERE OR NOWHERE V - 0120 Page - 0121 Page - 0122 Page - 0123 Page - 0124 Page - 0125 Page - 0126 Page - 0127 Page - 0128 V. THE OLD CHURCH - 0129 Page - 0130 Page - 0131 Page - 0132 VI. THE SEXTON'S COTTAGE - 0133 Page - 0134 Page - 0135 Page - 0136 Page - 0137 Page - 0138 Page - 0139 VII. THE CEMETERY - 0140 Page - 0141 Page - 0142 Page - 0143 Page - 0144 Page - 0145 Page - 0146 Page - 0147 VIII. MY FATHER'S MANUSCRIPT - 0148 Page - 0149 Page - 0150 Page - 0151 Page - 0152 Page - 0153 Page - 0154 IX. I REPENT - 0155 Page - 0156 Page - 0157 Page - 0158 Page - 0159 Page - 0160 Page - 0161 X. THE BAD BURROW - 0162 Page - 0163 Page - 0164 Page - 0165 Page - 0166 Page - 0167 XI. THE EVIL WOOD - 0168 Page - 0169 Page - 0170 Page - 0171 Page - 0172 Page - 0173 XII. FRIENDS AND FOES - 0174 Page - 0175 Page - 0176 Page - 0177 Page - 0178 XIII. THE LITTLE ONES - 0179 Page - 0180 Page - 0181 Page - 0182 Page - 0183 Page - 0184 Page - 0185 Page - 0186 Page - 0187 Page - 0188 Page - 0189 Page - 0190 XIV. A CRISIS - 0191 Page - 0192 Page - 0193 Page - 0194 Page - 0195 Page - 0196 XV. A STRANGE HOSTESS - 0197 Page - 0198 Page - 0199 Page - 0200 Page - 0201 Page - 0202 Page - 0203 Page - 0204 Page - 0205 Page - 0206 Page - 0207 Page - 0208 Page - 0209 XVI. A GRUESOME DANCE - 0210 Page - 0211 Page - 0212 Page - 0213 Page - 0214 Page - 0215 Page - 0216 Page - 0217 Page - 0218 Page - 0219 XVII. A GROTESQUE TRAGEDY - 0220 Page - 0221 Page - 0222 Page - 0223 Page - 0224 Page - 0225 Page - 0226 Page - 0227 Page - 0228 Page - 0229 XVIII. DEAD OR ALIVE ? - 0230 Page - 0231 Page - 0232 Page - 0233 Page - 0234 Page - 0235 Page - 0236 Page - 0237 Page - 0238 Page - 0239 Page - 0240 XIX. THE WHITE LEECH - 0241 Page - 0242 Page - 0243 Page - 0244 Page - 0245 Page - 0246 Page - 0247 XX. GONE !—BUT HOW ? - 0248 Page - 0249 Page - 0250 Page - 0251 Page - 0252 Page - 0253 XXI. THE FUGITIVE MOTHER - 0254 Page - 0255 Page - 0256 Page - 0257 Page - 0258 XXII. BULIKA - 0259 Page - 0260 Page - 0261 Page - 0262 Page - 0263 XXIII. A WOMAN OF BULIKA - 0264 Page - 0265 Page - 0266 Page - 0267 XXIV. TEE WHITE LEOPARDESS - 0268 Page - 0269 Page - 0270 Page - 0271 Page - 0272	XXV. THE PRINCESS - 0273 Page - 0274 Page - 0275 Page - 0276 Page - 0277 Page - 0278 Page - 0279 Page - 0280 Page - 0281 Page - 0282 XXVI. A BATTLE ROYAL - 0283 Page - 0284 Page - 0285 Page - 0286 Page - 0287 Page - 0288 XXVII. THE SILENT FOUNTAIN - 0289 Page - 0290 Page - 0291 Page - 0292 Page - 0293 XXVIII. I AM SILENCED - 0294 Page - 0295 Page - 0296 Page - 0297 Page - 0298 XXIX. THE PERSIAN CAT - 0299 Page - 0300 Page - 0301 Page - 0302 Page - 0303 Page - 0304 Page - 0305 Page - 0306 Page - 0307 XXX. ADAM EXPLAINS - 0308 Page - 0309 Page - 0310 Page - 0311 Page - 0312 Page - 0313 XXXI. THE SEXTON'S OLD HORSE - 0314 Page - 0315 Page - 0316 Page - 0317 Page - 0318 Page - 0319 Page - 0320 XXXII. THE LOVERS AND THE BAGS - 0321 Page - 0322 Page - 0323 Page - 0324 Page - 0325 Page - 0326 Page - 0327 XXXIII. LONA'S NARRATIVE - 0328 Page - 0329 Page - 0330 Page - 0331 Page - 0332 Page - 0333 Page - 0334 Page - 0335 Page - 0336 Page - 0337 XXXIV. PREPARATION - 0338 Page - 0339 Page - 0340 Page - 0341 Page - 0342 Page - 0343 Page - 0344 Page - 0345 XXXV. THE LITTLE ONES IN BULIKA - 0346 Page - 0347 Page - 0348 Page - 0349 Page - 0350 Page - 0351 Page - 0352 XXXVI. MOTHER AND DAUGHTER - 0353 Page - 0354 Page - 0355 Page - 0356 Page - 0357 Page - 0358 XXXVII. THE SHADOW - 0359 Page - 0360 Page - 0361 Page - 0362 XXXVIII. TO THE HOUSE OF BITTERNESS - 0363 Page - 0364 Page - 0365 Page - 0366 Page - 0367 Page - 0368 Page - 0369 Page - 0370 Page - 0371 Page - 0372 Page - 0373 XXXIX. THAT NIGHT - 0374 Page - 0375 Page - 0376 Page - 0377 Page - 0378 Page - 0379 Page - 0380 Page - 0381 Page - 0382 Page - 0383 Page - 0384 Page - 0385 Page - 0386 Page - 0387 Page - 0388 XL. THE HOUSE OF DEATH - 0389 Page - 0390 Page - 0391 Page - 0392 Page - 0393 Page - 0394 Page - 0395 Page - 0396 Page - 0397 Page - 0398 Page - 0399 Page - 0400 Page - 0401 Page - 0402 Page - 0403 Page - 0404 XLI. I AM SENT - 0405 Page - 0406 Page - 0407 Page - 0408 Page - 0409 Page - 0410 XLII. I SLEEP THE SLEEP - 0411 Page - 0412 Page - 0413 Page - 0414 Page - 0415 Page - 0416 Page - 0417 Page - 0418 XLIII. THE DREAMS THAT CAME - 0419 Page - 0420 Page - 0421 Page - 0422 Page - 0423 Page - 0424 Page - 0425 Page - 0426 Page - 0427 Page - 0428 Page - 0429 XLIV. THE WAKING - 0430 Page - 0431 Page - 0432 Page - 0433 Page - 0434 Page - 0435 Page - 0436 XLV. THE JOURNEY HOME . - 0437 Page - 0438 Page - 0439 Page - 0440 Page - 0441 Page - 0442 XLVI. THE CITY - 0443 Page - 0444 Page - 0445 Page - 0446 Page - 0447 Page - 0448 XLVII. THE ' ENDLESS ENDING ' - 0449