Written by: George MacDonanld
First line: Once upon a time, so long ago that I have quite forgotten the date, there lived a king and queen who had no children.
Why you should read this book: There is something deeply appealing about these tales, whose foundations are rooted deeply in the ancient, mythopoeic tradition, but whose leaves and branches are nourished with the most modern ideas any Victorian gentleman could possibly lay his hands on. From a princess who is cursed to lose her gravity to shadow spirits lamenting the rise of gaslights and the decline of the real fires that allow them to dance among the humans, the fairy creatures of these stories are well aware that their world is in flux and the balance is tipping away from the past. Delightful and imaginative, but still adhering to the laws of the genre, this is a timeless work on par with the best fairy stories of any era.
Why you shouldn't read this book: You would never go anywhere with or for a magical creature and have zero sympathy for teenagers in love.
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