Phantastes, one of George Mac Donald’s most important and enduring works, chronicles the adventures of Anodos, a young man of twenty-one, in fairyland where he wrestles with tree-spirits, the shadow, giants, and monsters while encountering dancing statues, fairies, and other magical beings. Dreamlike and whimsical, the tale is ultimately a quest for freedom that can only come with the ultimate sacrifice. This Warbler Classics edition includes a biographical timeline.
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Contents
Phantastes, A Faerie Romancevii
Chapter I1
Chapter II4
Chapter III6
Chapter IV16
Chapter V23
Chapter VI29
Chapter VII35
Chapter VIII41
Chapter IX44
Chapter X49
Chapter XI54
Chapter XII59
Chapter XIII65
Chapter XIV80
Chapter XV 85
Chapter XVI90
Chapter XVII92
Chapter XVIII96
Chapter XIX99
Chapter XX 114
Chapter XXI121
Chapter XXII125
Chapter XXIII131
Chapter XXIV141
Chapter XXV144
Biographical Timeline147
Über den Autor
George Mac Donald (1824-1905) was a Scottish minister, poet, novelist, imaginative seer, and one of the most beloved Victorian authors throughout Great Britain and the United States in the nineteenth century. A pioneering writer of modern fantasy literature, he was the mentor of Lewis Carroll. He has been cited as a major literary influence by dozens of illustrious authors including David Lindsay, J. M. Barrie, Lord Dunsany, Mark Twain, Hope Mirrlees, G. K. Chesterton, Thomas Merton, Flannery O’Connor, George Orwell, Aldous Huxley, Ray Bradbury, C. S. Lewis, J. R. R. Tolkien, and Neil Gaiman. In his lifetime he authored some fifty volumes of novels, poetry, short stories, fantasy, sermons, and essays.