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An authoritative edition of the shorter fairy tales of George MacDonald, "one of the most remarkable writers of the nineteenth century" (W. H. Auden) George MacDonald occupied a major position in the intellectual life of his Victorian contemporaries, and his dazzling fairy tales earned him... read more

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First Sentence

That we have no English word corresponding to the German Mahrchen, drives us to use the word Fairytale, regardless of the fact that the tale may have nothing to do with any sort of fairy.

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  1. George MacDonald (Author)
 

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