Lilith

This is the story of Mr Vane an orphan and heir to a large house - in which he has a vision that leads him through an old mirror into another world. In the trips he makes to this other world he explores the mystery of evil. Mr. Vane owns a library that seems to be haunted by the former librarian who looks much like a raven. After finally encountering the mysterious Mr. Raven Vane learns that Raven had known his father; indeed Vane's father had visited the strange parallel universe from which Raven comes and goes. Vane follows Raven into the world through the mirror. Lilith written by the father of fantasy literature George MacDonald is considered among the darkest of MacDonald's works and among the most profound. George MacDonald is one of the most severely underrated authors of all time. A contemporary to Lewis Carroll and major influence on C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien this man's imagination apparently knew no bounds and that is incredibly apparent in his masterpiece Lilith.