The Complete Fairy Tales (Penguin Classics) by George MacDonald

George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries. 

The works of George MacDonald have influenced the likes of W. H. Auden, J. R. R. Tolkien, Madeleine L'Engle, C. S. Lewis, and Mark Twain. 

Best known for his tales of fantasy and fairies, Macdonald commented of his work that he wrote "not for children, but for the child-like, whether they be of five, or fifty, or seventy-five." 

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.

Product details

ASIN ‏ : ‎ 0140437371

Publisher ‏ : ‎ Penguin Classics

Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 1, 1999

Language ‏ : ‎ English

Print length ‏ : ‎ 384 pages

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9780140437379

ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0140437379

Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 10.8 ounces

Reading age ‏ : ‎ 18 years and up

Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.7 x 5.28 x 0.68 inches