George McDonald's could give the real sense that everyone had the end of an elfin thread that must at last lead them into paradise.

This is Pites for Jack, season 7, episode 34.

McDonald's Month. George's fairy tales.

After hours with Dr. Danny Gableman.

Welcome, everyone. Here on Pites for Jack, we're reading our way to the works of C.S. Lewis.

But this month, we continue to devote to Lewis's master, George McDonald.

And today we're going to be talking about McDonald's fantasy, his fairy tales.

That's why I began today with that quotation from G.K. Cheston about an elfin thread.

And today we're joined by Dr. Danny Gableman. He's the head of English at King's Ely School.

He received his BA from Roanoke College, his MA from Wheaton College, and his PhD from the University of St Andrews. He appeared as a guest on the documentary The Fantasy Makers and is the author

of the book, George MacDonald, Divine Carelessness and Fairy Tale Levity.

And I also found out that the song he's most likely to sing at karaoke is Mr. Tambourine

Man by Bob Dylan. Dr. Danny Gableman, welcome to Pinesford Jack.

Thank you very much. It's a pleasure to be here. Always happy to talk about George

McDonald and particularly his fairy tales.

Wonderful. Well, here in Wisconsin, we currently have snow. What's the weather like in England

today? Yeah, it's a typical British springtime. So lots of sun, followed by a bit of rain,

followed by a bit more cloud. Yeah, I was thinking it's sort of a little bit like a George

McDonald fairy tale, the Golden Key, which sort of has a lot of shadows, the shadowland,

which Lewis obviously draws on a lot of his fairy tales as well. Well, today I'm enjoying

some old grey tea. What are you drinking? I'm having a lovely white wine, which I thought was

appropriate for fairy tale discussions. I love it. Cheers. Cheers. So would you mind telling us a little

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