The Little White Horse: Week 3

Paradise Hill, illustrator C Walter Hodges and Pink Geraniums

“The Little White Horse is a classic tale of good verses evil. Life at Moonacre Manor and its neighboring village of Silverydew is adversely affected by an age-old feud, but as in all the best stories the brave children tackle the evil and bring peace to the land...”

🌿 Christine Rawlins, Beyond the Snow

Elizabeth adored the above illustration, which she called “the view of the far country.” In her will, she left the color plate original to a special reading fan/friend. Father Louis Bouyer loved all of Goudge’s work, saying that he delighted to find her spiritual influence “even in the children’s stories.”¹

The Little White Horse is certainly full of symbolism, and nowhere perhaps as significantly as in these chapters with the giving back of Paradise Hill to God.

View from Paradise