Introduction by C.
The tale is vintage MacDonald, conveying a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death..
The book is about the narrator\'s (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.
Lewis that a few hours after he began reading it he knew he had crossed a great frontier.
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This was Phantastes -- one of MacDonald\'s most important works; a work which so overwhelmed C.
Lewis In October 1857, George Macdonald wrote what he described as a kind of fairy tale, in the hope that it will pay me better than the more evidently serious work.
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Introduction by C