In what way is Owen Barfield's 1925 fairy tale The Silver Trumpet a precursor to other fantasy books by the Inklings?
The 1st fantasy book published by the Inklings
Once upon a time there were two little Princesses whose names were Violetta and Gambetta; and they lived in Mountainy Castle. They were twins, and they were so like each other that when Violetta came in from a walk with her feet wet, Gambetta was sometimes told to go and change her stockings…
So goes Owen Barfield’s fairy tale The Silver Trumpet, written…
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