The Day Boy and the Night Girl

The With an introduction by Michael Phillips.

George MacDonald once declared, "I do not write for children, but for the childlike, whether of five, or 50, or 75."

The Day Boy and the Night Girl is a splendid example of such writing. With words of wonder, beauty, and adventure, and with acute spiritual insight and sensitivity, MacDonald spins an enchanting tale of two children, a boy and a girl, who grow up from infancy in the castle of a witch. Unaware of each other's presence in the castle, the children are victims of an unnatural design upon them, in which the boy is never to know the night, and the girl is never to know the day. The boy is therefore scrupulously compelled to be indoors before sunset. And the girl is locked away in the dim, forlorn chambers carved in the rock beneath the castle. It is not until they reach adolescence that the two meet, quite unexpectedly, and quickly become aware that they must rely on one another if they are ever to escape the cruel and violent fury of the witch.

1. Opening Credits
2. Introduction
3. Chapter 1: Watho
4. Chapter 2: Aurora
5. Chapter 3: Vesper
6. Chapter 4: Photogen
7. Chapter 5: Nycteris
8. Chapter 6: How Photogen Grew
9. Chapter 7: How Nycteris Grew
10. Chapter 8: The Lamp
11. Chapter 9: Out
12. Chapter 10: The Great Lamp
13. Chapter 11: The Sunset
14. Chapter 12: The Garden
15. Chapter 13: Something Quite New
16. Chapter 14: The Sun
17. Chapter 15: The Coward Hero
18. Chapter 16: An Evil Nurse
19. Chapter 17: Watho's Wolf
20. Chapter 18: Refuge
21. Chapter 19: The Werewolf
22. Chapter 20: All Is Well
23. Closing Credits

George MacDonald

George MacDonald was a Scottish author, poet, and minister. Renowned for his innovative contributions to modern fantasy literature, MacDonald played a pivotal role in influencing such luminaries as C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, G.K. Chesterton and Oswald Chambers, amongst many others. His profound creativity extended beyond fairy tales, as he also penned numerous thought-provoking works on Christian theology, including several compelling collections of sermons, as well as other fiction works. Oswald Chambers said of MacDonald, “It is a striking indication of the trend and shallowness of the modern reading public that George MacDonald’s books have been so neglected,” and C.S. Lewis is famously quoted as saying of MacDonald’s The Princess and the Goblin, "...[it] made a difference to my whole existence." With his literary giftedness and deep spiritual insights, MacDonald left an indelible mark on the world of literature and faith.