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Phantastes

George MacDonald

Paperback | Pages: 216 pages

Rating: 3.93 | 7693 Users | 719 Reviews

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Original Title:	Phantastes: A Faerie Romance
ISBN:	160096401X (ISBN13: 9781600964015)
Edition Language:	English

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C.S. Lewis said that upon reading this astonishing 19th-century fairy tale he "had crossed a great frontier," and numerous others both before and since have felt similarly.

In MacDonald's fairy tales, both those for children and (like this one) those for adults, the "fairy land" clearly represents the spiritual world, or our own world revealed in all of its depth and meaning. At times almost forthrightly allegorical, at other times richly dreamlike (and indeed having a close connection to the symbolic world of dreams), this story of a young man who finds himself on a long journey through a land of fantasy is more truly the story of the spiritual quest that is at the core of his life's work, a quest that must end with the ultimate surrender of the self.

The glory of MacDonald's work is that this surrender is both hard won (or lost!) and yet rippling with joy when at last experienced. As the narrator says of a heavenly woman in this tale, "She knew something too good to be told." One senses the same of the author himself.

Newly designed and typeset in a modern 6-by-9-inch format by Waking Lion Press.

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Title	:	Phantastes
Author	:	George MacDonald
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	Deluxe Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 216 pages
Published	:	July 30th 2008 by Waking Lion Press (first published 1858)
Categories	:	Fantasy. Fiction. Classics. Literature. Fairy Tales. Christian

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Ratings: 3.93 From 7693 Users | 719 Reviews

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Sometimes it seems like because were kept in suspense throughout a book and were still excited and caught up in the story when we finish the last chapter, we immediately give it five stars just for that, and then we either forget about it, or later realize it wasnt all that good after all. In other words, it was fun while it lasted, but not worth a second read or even a second thought.And then there are those that seem slower while were actually reading them, were tempted to quit halfway

Its like a dream: You just find yourself somewhere and you wander on.Not like a quest, with a destination and obstacles along the way.No. You just find yourself walking without a destinationand when you get somewhere someone was expecting you,someone who had sent you somewhere, although you dont know why or where or howand it doesnt bother you much that you dont know.

January 2020 review:What can I write about a book like Phantastes? Its a novel that seems like it wasnt crafted so much as found, its vignettesalternately dreamy or nightmarish, adventurous or languidnot invented but simply reported and transmitted through the pages, verbatim visions of the fairy world. It feels like a living book, a story that will respond to me in whatever way I need, depending on where I am and what I need at the moment. Ive read it twice in the past year, and in hoping to

What an excellent book. This is my favorite George MacDonald book by far. There is a palpable sense of danger as the narrator Anodos tells of his travels in Fairy-Land. Along his journey, he encounters sinister Ash trees, mischievous kobolds, women who only appear in the reflection of mirrors, Sir Galahad, and a host of other fairy-folk. It's written in the classic George MacDonald surrealist tone, which at times will make you gape with wonder and at others cringe in horror. If you take any

Atmosfere ottocentesce, romantiche, evocative, oniriche. Molte descrizioni e poca azione. Molta esperienza sentimentale e poche avventure. Le idee ci sono (Es. metaletteratura: la fiction permette di sperimentare e immedesimarsi in situazioni che non abbiamo vissuto in prima persona nella vita reale ma che comunque ci hanno trasmesso-insegnato qualcosa), gli sviluppi un po' meno. E' una materia acerba, ma già si sapeva - l'autore è diventato famoso con altri romanzi. In compenso questo libro ha

I have such mixed feelings about this book, so I'm going to rate each third separately.The beginning of "Phantastes": 3*The book started off delightful and whimsical. We're drawn into a perplexing but beautiful faerie world with the narrator, Anados. It's lovely and leisurely and adventurous. I felt a little lost, since I had no previous exposure to faerie lore (my fairy experience is very Disney-fied), but it was okay, since Anados also didn't know a ton about what was happening. Though it was

In many ways this really isn't a good book. The style borders on choppy and dense. The story doesn't always flow. MacDonald routinely makes excurses without telling you. But...The "mythopoeic" prose is its redeeming quality. MaDonald bathed the book in sacramentality. Every leaf, grove, and spring refleted redemption--and MacDonald is a talented enough artist that he can show redemption without telling you redemption (usually). The story line is simple enough. The protagonists finds himself in