Editing George MacDonald (section)

==Later life==
In 1877 he was given a [[civil list]] (monastic poverty/civil duty) pension.<ref>{{cite web |title=George MacDonald: Scottish novelist, clergyman and author |url=http://www.ccel.org/ccel/macdonald |website=Christian Classics Ethereal Library |access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> From 1879 he and his family lived in [[Bordighera]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bordighera.it/storia/approfondimenti/george_mc_donald |title=George McDonald |access-date=2012-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120913065509/http://www.bordighera.it/storia/approfondimenti/george_mc_donald |archive-date=13 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> in a place much loved by British expatriates, the [[Riviera dei Fiori]] in [[Liguria]], Italy, almost on the French border. In that locality there also was an [[Anglican]] church, All Saints, which he attended.<ref>Valerie Lester, ''Marvels: the life of Clarence Bicknell, botanist, archaeologist, artist'', Matador, 2018, pp. 57–62.</ref> Deeply enamoured of the Riviera, he spent 20 years there, writing almost half of his whole literary production, especially the [[fantasy]] work.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.george-macdonald.com/resources/life_outline.html |title=George MacDonald Life Outline |access-date=2012-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120910195923/http://www.george-macdonald.com/resources/life_outline.html |archive-date=10 September 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> MacDonald founded a literary studio in that Ligurian town, naming it ''[[Casa Coraggio, Bordighera|Casa Coraggio]]'' (Bravery House).<ref>{{cite web |author1=Skribita de Susie Bicknell |title=In Clarence's Time – George MacDonald in Bordighera |url=http://clarencebicknell.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=67:mcdonald-bordighera&catid=14&Itemid=168&lang=eo |website=clarencebicknell.com |access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref> It soon became one of the most renowned cultural centres of that period, well attended by British and Italian travellers, and by locals,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bordighera.net/107-anni-fa-oggi-moriva-a-bordighera-edmondo-de-amicis-n44770 |title=107 anni fa oggi moriva a Bordighera Edmondo De Amicis |trans-title=Edmondo De Amicis died today in Bordighera 107 years ago |website=Bordighera.net |access-date=20 June 2018 |date=11 March 2011 |language=it}}</ref> with presentations of classic plays and readings of [[Dante]] and [[Shakespeare]] often being held.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.george-macdonald.com/resources/bordighera_visit.html |title=Bordighera, A Record of a Visit (1997) |access-date=2012-10-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120912125458/http://www.george-macdonald.com/resources/bordighera_visit.html |archive-date=12 September 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In 1900 he moved into St George's Wood, [[Haslemere]], a house designed for him by his son, Robert, its building overseen by his eldest son, [[Greville MacDonald|Greville]].<ref name="Hein2014">{{cite book |author1=Rolland Hein |author2=Frederick Buechner |author-link1=Rolland Hein |author-link2=Frederick Buechner |title=George MacDonald: Victorian Mythmaker |date=10 November 2014 |publisher=Wipf and Stock Publishers |location=Eugene |isbn=978-1625645074 |pages=398–399 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5TxgBQAAQBAJ |access-date=20 June 2018}}</ref>

George MacDonald died on 18 September 1905 in [[Ashtead]], Surrey, England.<ref name="Hein2014" /> He was cremated in [[Woking]], Surrey, and his ashes were buried in [[Bordighera]], in the English cemetery, along with his wife Louisa and daughters Lilia and Grace.<ref name="Hein2014" />