The Prelude (Introduction by George MacDonald)

Unique features of this edition:

• Introduction by George MacDonald
• Contains the same 1850 text of The Prelude read by MacDonald and C.S. Lewis, and quoted in Surprised by Joy
• Part of a set of books (the 5 that most influenced C.S. Lewis) being produced by The Room to Roam
• Additional poems include Surprised by Joy, Lewis’ epigraph for his autobiography of the same name
• Published 100 years after C.S. Lewis’ personal copy

William Wordsworth’s The Prelude or Growth of a Poet’s Mind is a narrative poem full of healthful introspection, reflections on nature and its relation to man, and, as its subtitle suggests, insights into the history and personal development of one of the finest writers of verse in English. Available today in several forms, the fourteen book Prelude of 1850-regarded as the “more Christian” iteration-was read and loved by both C. S. Lewis and his spiritual “master” George MacDonald, whose essay on Wordsworth is included here as an easy introduction to the man and his writing craft.