G. K. Chesterton 1 hr 17 min read

Into a skeptical English drawing-room comes a mysterious conjurer whose tricks may be more than tricks, forcing a rationalist to confront the possibility of real magic.

G. K. Chesterton's 1913 play 'Magic' is a witty, thoughtful fantasy drama pitting reason against the genuinely supernatural. Sharp, paradoxical, characteristically Chestertonian. Read it for a clever and profound stage fantasy about faith, doubt, and the uncanny, from a master of ideas.

In its time

Published in 1913, during the 1910s, lost worlds and interplanetary adventure.

Reading it

1 hr 17 min read (a novella, a full arc in one sitting or two).