George MacDonald - Author Who Influenced C.S. Lewis

C.S. Lewis said he was influenced by the Scottish writer, and thinker, George MacDonald (who was already dead by the time Lewis was a young adult).  He describes how he first "met" the Scot.

One day, just before catching a train, Lewis bought Phantastes (by George MacDonald) at the train-station's bookstall.  So impressed with what he read, he later remarked:  "A few hours later" [after beginning the book] "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier."

This photo depicts George MacDonald at work.