The Complete Fairy Tales

by George MacDonald, U.C. Knoepflmacher

Genres: Fantasy Anthologies & Collections; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Literary Fiction

Synopsis

George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. This volume brings together all eleven of his shorter fairy stories as well as his essay "The Fantastic Imagination". The subjects are those of traditional fantasy: good and wicked fairies, children embarking on elaborate quests, and journeys into unsettling dreamworlds. Within this familiar imaginative landscape, his children's stories were profoundly experimental, questioning the association of childhood with purity and innocence, and the need to separate fairy tale wonder from adult scepticism and disbelief.

Release date: September 1, 1999

Publisher: Penguin Classics

Print pages: 384