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    <body><![CDATA[For lovers of good storytelling, this one is a great find. I was tempted to label Phastastes as a fantasy, and while it is one, it has a sense of being much more than that. The vocabulary is a bit more intense than what the modern reader is used to, but this story from nearly one and a half centurie...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/795546">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Very good.  Now if only I could understand more of the symbolism....]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is an interesting book. C.S. Lewis cites MacDonald as his guru of types (note his role in the book &quot;The Great Divorce&quot;). Lewis further said that Phantastes &quot;baptized [his:] imagination&quot;. Those are strong words and citations from an author that I love reading. So I decided to...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/64804819">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Lyrical, mesmerizing &quot;faerie romance for men and women&quot;, thus far this story focuses on Anodos and his epic journey through the dreamlike Fairy Land - but if the reader is looking for tiny winged creatures, he will find them only briefly; Fairy Land is populated with numerous inhabitants w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/76585985">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Am ever in the process of reading this book and I have always loved George Mac Donald's writing but just can't seem to get through it-I know it was a huge impact on the writing of C.S. Lewis but still...still trying to finish it!]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[While his style may not be for everyone, and perhaps is something that requires a bit of indulgence, I loved it, and would list it among my favoritest of books. It was a very perfect Romantic Period book, similar in that way to Narcissus and Goldmund, which is an even more perfect book of Romanticis...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42272851">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Frankly, I was disappointed. I loved other MacDonald classics. Considering the position this book enjoys in the pantenon of speculative fiction, it hardly lives up to its reputation.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was an interesting story about a man's trip through Faerie Land.  I could tell that MacDonald was trying to teach about sin and redemption through the different experiences that Anodos had while he was in Faerie Land.  It's always such a delight to read this author, because his writing is so be...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43759485">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This edition was brought out by the author's son soon after George MacDonald's death, and it has beautiful illustrations by the pre-Raphaelite artist Arthur Hughes.<br/><br/>I found it somewhat slow-going at first, but I ended by finding it beguiling. <br/><br/>The storyteller is a young man cal...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21839267">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was terrific, as I knew anything from George MacDonald would be.  His central theme of self-discovery followed by death to that self and its passions is beautifully written, and any metaphysically-minded person will find innumerable hidden gems of advice throughout the story.  I personally foun...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/59379724">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This was one of the books I probably read at too young an age - - - either that or it's simply one of those books that is very stramge. However, besides being uberly strange and bizarre, it had a definite dream-like quality about it that I loved. I still recall snatches of memories from this book. I...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/63306000">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[After reading George MacDonald’s “Phantastes” it is clear to me why CS Lewis chose MacDonald to be his Virgil in “The Great Divorce.”  “Phantastes” is truly one of the most remarkable works I have ever read.  Overflowing with rich imagery and lyrical finely measured prose (along with s...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/34977037">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[A tour through Faerie, essentially. There's no sign of a plot until quite late in the book, and even then the main character just sort of drifts along and takes in the sights. Fortunately, the sights are interesting enough. There is a lot of magical-feeling magic in this book.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[I felt as if I was going along with Anodos on his journey through fairy land.  Anodos was not the only one to find that dieing to oneself is not only necessary but brings joy unmeasurable.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[High fantasy to the core.  I loved it, but that doesn't mean everyone will.  Best read in springtime, sitting under a tree, with a warm breeze brushing the forehead.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[merely feeding my hunger for george macdonald. nothing like so satisfying as the golden key or the light princess or at the back of the north wind.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is the third time I have read this book.  A weird and wonderful fantasy - I love it.  It is so skillfully and beautifully written.]]></body>
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