First published 1961
Fairies, both good and wicked, draw children into unsettling dreamworlds and life-risking labors. Though alluding to familiar fairy tales, these stories by Scottish minister George MacDonald challenge adult assumptions about innocence and belief. The emotional core of these profoundly experimental fictions invites readers to question their certainties and discover a new, elusive order beneath the dubious certitudes of everyday life.
Genres: mythology, literary-fiction, 20th-century, fantasy, fairy-tales, 19th-century
Vibes: intimate, lyrical, thought-provoking
Tropes: found-family, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Scotland
272 pages · Paperback