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A Prisoner in Fairyland: (The Book that 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
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Publisher Price: $24.99
ISBN13: 9781773566405
Publisher: Devoted Publishing
Published: May 27 2026
Pages: 346
Weight: 1.02
Height: 0.77 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Wonder, imagination, and the lost magic of childhood awaken in this dreamlike fantasy from one of the masters of supernatural fiction.
In A Prisoner in Fairyland by Algernon Blackwood, wealthy businessman Henry Rogers has spent his life devoted to ambition, practicality, and worldly success. Yet beneath the routines of adulthood lingers a forgotten longing for the wonder and imagination he once knew as a child. During a visit to Switzerland with relatives and their children, Rogers gradually becomes drawn into an experience that blurs the boundary between ordinary life and a deeper world of dreams, mystery, and spiritual awakening.
Guided by the imaginative inner lives of the children around him and by the mysterious atmosphere surrounding Fairyland, Rogers begins to rediscover emotions and perceptions long buried beneath the habits of adult life. The journey becomes not merely a fantasy adventure, but an exploration of innocence, creativity, sympathy, and the hidden possibilities of human consciousness.
Rather than presenting a traditional fairy tale filled with literal fairies, Blackwood creates a mystical and psychological vision of Fairyland as a state of spiritual perception and emotional awakening. Nature, dreams, childhood wonder, and the power of imagination become central forces within a story that reflects Blackwood's lifelong fascination with mysticism and expanded consciousness.
Atmospheric, philosophical, and deeply imaginative, A Prisoner in Fairyland remains one of Algernon Blackwood's most unusual and enchanting novels-a meditation on wonder, inner transformation, and the forgotten magic hidden within everyday life.
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