![]() ![]() But these are buried in a misshapen narrative. There are some interesting ideas and moments, akin to Grimm or Andersen’s fairy tales, or the legends of King Arthur: the bedroom that grows into a wood the malevolent shadow that accompanies the protagonist the Bodleian-esque library of the fairy palace the coldly seductive beauty of the evil lady who will not be touched. However, Phantastes is almost structure-less, often rather rambling, and the world is not explained in much depth. I was hoping for something that combined the appeal of Narnian magic with the style of nineteenth-century novels. I’ve just finished reading it and, honestly, was rather disappointed. Therefore, when I saw it among Amazon Kindle’s free books I immediately bought it! ![]() Lewis described it as baptising his imagination. Tolkien (who both brought fantasy back into vogue) C.S. This book, first published in 1858, is supposed to have inspired the genre of modern fantasy, through its impact on C.S. ![]()
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