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Phantastes

Phantastes

MacDonald, George

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FantasyGeneral FictionLiterary Fiction

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ISBN10: 0802860605
ISBN13: 9780802860606
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Published: May 18 1981
Pages: 197
Weight: 0.66
Height: 0.55 Width: 6.07 Depth: 9.03
Language: English
Introduction by C. S. Lewis

In October 1857, George MacDonald wrote what he described as a kind of fairy tale, in the hope that it will pay me better than the more evidently serious work. This was Phantastes -- one of MacDonald's most important works; a work which so overwhelmed C. S. Lewis that a few hours after he began reading it he knew he had crossed a great frontier.

The book is about the narrator's (Anodos) dream-like adventures in fairyland, where he confronts tree-spirits and the shadow, sojourns to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The tale is vintage MacDonald, conveying a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death.

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