Phantastes, a Faerie Romance by George Macdonald, Fiction, Classics, Action & Adventure, (Paperback)

from charlie68

Everytime I read this book I am always grateful of the richness of it. For such a thin book, it packs a lot of spiritual and philosophical themes.

from GirlsonFire

This book is housed within our adult fiction collection but it's suitable for high school students. Phantastes is a classic story about a young man who enters Fairyland one day and has dreamlike adventures. The story also serves as an allegory for a person's spirtual journey in which we experienc...

from wishanem

One of my favorite books, but not one of the best books I've read by any objective measure; its language is awkward even considering its age, its poems can plod, and it wanders into innumerable diversions. But this book was fundamentally formative for my teenaged self and I love it in its weird, ...

from 1morechapter

This was one of C.S. Lewis' favorite books, and it is obvious that Lewis borrowed quite a bit from MacDonald's ideas. I found several passages that were very similar to passages in Lewis' books. There is also a lengthy introduction to the book by Lewis that is well worth reading. This 1850's fant...

from jclemence

I picked up this book on the advice of a friend. I knew MacDonald was a major influence on C.S. Lewis, and that is pretty evident as one reads this book. The story is about a man who finds himself in Fairy Land, compelled to journey all the way through it and reach its end. He encounters various ...