Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women is a fantasy novel
written by George MacDonald, first published in London in 1858.
This was the first prose work published by MacDonald. Because of its
limited financial success, MacDonald saw himself forced to turn to
writing realistic novels. Phantastes, however, exerted a strong
influence on fantasy authors of later generations: for example, C. S.
Lewis in his book Surprised by Joy claimed that his imagination had been
"baptized" by reading it.
The story centers on the character Anodos ("pathless" or "ascent" in
Greek) and takes its inspiration from German Romanticism, particularly
Novalis. The story concerns a young man who is pulled into a dreamlike
world and there hunts for his ideal of female beauty, embodied by the
"Marble Lady". Anodos lives through many adventures and temptations
while in the other world, until he is finally ready to give up his
ideals.
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