Phantastes, A Faerie Romance by George Macdonald, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure - Hardcover

MacDonald, George

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1603128190 ISBN 13: 9781603128193

Publisher: Aegypan, 2007

Synopsis

Phantastes's narrator turns twenty one. Part of his inheritance is his father's desk, with a hidden compartment containing a fairy who tells him he shall find the way into fairy land. The way starts in his room, and he meets is a girl who tells him "Trust the Oak. Trust the Oak, and the Elm, and the great Beech. Take care of the Birch, for though she is honest, she is too young not to be changeable. But shun the Ash and the Alder; for the Ash is an ogre, -- you will know him by his thick fingers; and the Alder will smother you with her web of hair, if you let her near you at night." This is wise advice.

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About the Author

George MacDonald (1824 - 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. His writings have been cited as a major literary influence by many notable authors. C. S. Lewis wrote that he regarded MacDonald as his "master": "Picking up a copy of Phantastes one day at a train-station bookstall, I began to read. A few hours later," said Lewis, "I knew that I had crossed a great frontier." G. K. Chesterton cited The Princess and the Goblin as a book that had "made a difference to my whole existence".

About this edition

• Publisher: Aegypan
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1603128190
• ISBN 13: 9781603128193
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 164