{"product_id":"phantastes-george-macdonald-9781495323973","title":"Phantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women (Original and Unabridged)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePhantastes: A Faerie Romance for Men and Women\u003c\/i\u003e is a fantasy novel written by George MacDonald.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis the original and unabridged text formatted for modern readers.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story centres on the character Anodos (\"\u003ci\u003epathless\u003c\/i\u003e\" or \"\u003ci\u003eascent\u003c\/i\u003e\" in Greek) who is 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eC.S. Lewis\u003c\/i\u003e wrote, concerning his first reading of Phantastes at age sixteen, \"That night my imagination was, in a certain sense, baptized; the rest of me, not unnaturally, took longer. I had not the faintest notion what I had let myself in for by buying Phantastes.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e George MacDonald\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1495323978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781495323973\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Createspace Independent Publishing Platform\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/24\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 334\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.75d","brand":"George MacDonald","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43936339755263,"sku":"9781495323973","price":15.85,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_5352aa58-77a5-41e1-827d-dc8bb94db268.jpg?v=1681424989","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/phantastes-george-macdonald-9781495323973","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}