Owen Barfield's 1925 Fairy-Tale The Silver Trumpet as a Precursor to Other Fantasy Books by the Inklings

The Silver Trumpet, written in 1925, is the first fantasy book published by the Inklings. Tolkien’s children said they liked it more than the stories of their father.

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 opens Owen Barfield’s fairy-tale The Silver Trumpet, writte…