The story conveys a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. Copeland A fairly normal man stumbles into Fairyland, where his travels acquaint him with longing, fear, strife, endurance, exaltation, humiliation, and grief, in exaggerated form, before disappointment leads him back to the. But his victory is tempered with the realization that better men than he have died in the cause. LibriVox recording of Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women by George MacDonald. Anodos briefly becomes a reluctant hero when he takes up the sword to save Fairy Land from the cruel depravations of a trio of giants. Download cover art Download CD case insert Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and WomenĪ young man named Anodos experiences dream-like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree-spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. It is by loving, and not by being loved, that one can come nearest the soul of another yea, that, where two love, it is the loving of each other, that originates and perfects and assures their blessedness. Phantastes is not exactly anti-heroic but it’s also not heroic fantasy.

Phantastes a faerie romance