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More About This Title Phantastes
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Introduction by C. S. Lewis
In October 1857, George MacDonald wrote what he described as âa kind of fairy tale, in the hope that it will pay me better than the more evidently serious work.â This was Phantastes -- one of MacDonaldâs most important works; a work which so overwhelmed C. S. Lewis that a few hours after he began reading it he knew he âhad crossed a great frontier.â
The book is about the narratorâs (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.
In October 1857, George MacDonald wrote what he described as âa kind of fairy tale, in the hope that it will pay me better than the more evidently serious work.â This was Phantastes -- one of MacDonaldâs most important works; a work which so overwhelmed C. S. Lewis that a few hours after he began reading it he knew he âhad crossed a great frontier.â
The book is about the narratorâs (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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(1824-1905) The great nineteenth-century innovator ofmodern fantasy, whose works influenced C. S. Lewis, J. R.R. Tolkien, and Charles Williams. "I do not write forchildren," MacDonald once said, "but for the childlike,whether of five, or fifty, or seventy-five."