
CROSS PURPOSES - CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
THE SHADOWS
A mischievous queen of Fairyland grows bored with her perfectly behaved subjects and decides to invite a few mortals into her realm. She tasks the graceful Peaseblossom and the bumbling goblin Toadstool with the impossible – to bring a girl and a boy across the border where reality blurs with enchantment. Their quirky attempts set the tone for a world where doors appear and vanish, and the line between the ordinary and the magical is delightfully uncertain.
In a quiet village, Alice, a dreamy young woman who longs for perpetual sunset, is approached by a tiny, crown‑clad fairy offering exactly that. Suddenly she finds herself shrunken to the fairy’s size, stepping onto a bed that transforms into a grand hall and wandering through meadows and streams that seem to flow without banks. As she follows the fairy deeper into this luminous landscape, the familiar world slips away, inviting listeners to share her sense of wonder and the gentle suspense of a quest that has only just begun.
Language
en
Duration
~1 hours (99K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Release date
2006-07-18
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1824–1905
A Scottish writer, poet, and minister whose fairy tales helped shape modern fantasy, he wrote with warmth, spiritual depth, and a gift for wonder. Best known for works like Phantastes, The Princess and the Goblin, and At the Back of the North Wind, he remains a beloved influence on generations of readers and writers.
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