Cross Purposes and The Shadows
About this book
The fairy Peaseblossom and the goblin Toadstool set off on the oddest mission: to lure a girl and a boy to Fry, to bring before the Queen -- for her subjects in Fairyland are too well-behaved to be amusing. Can they find the right dreamers? Then Peaseblossom encounters Alice, who wishes she could watch a setting sun at all times -- while Toadstool runs into the nearly penniless Richard, who wants a buy a new umbrella for his mother. Perfect Yet nothing can go as planned . . . and soon Alice and Richard find themselves alone and lost in a strange woods, with no help but the guidance of the strange creatures they encounter along the way.
Reader Profile
3.9/5 · 59 readers · 42 pages · ≈ 47 min · Moderate
How long does it take to read Cross Purposes and The Shadows?
About ≈ 47 min — 42 pages, assuming roughly 250 words per page at 225 words per minute.
How many pages is Cross Purposes and The Shadows?
42 pages in its most-read edition.
What genre is Cross Purposes and The Shadows?
It sits on the Short Stories, Fiction shelves.
Is Cross Purposes and The Shadows in the public domain?
No — it is still under copyright.
Who wrote Cross Purposes and The Shadows?
George MacDonald (1824–1905).