"The story tells of a young boy, Jack, who discovers a nest of Fairies and endeavours to return them to Faerie. The journey is via a river – clearly symbolic of the River of life – and en route Jack has many adventures. The fairies grow at a more rapid rate than humankind and, halfway through the novel, Mopsa, who has developed into the Fairy Queen, becomes a dominant character, taking control over Jack's life."
"arguably the first feminist Bildungsroman"
"an Allegory of lost innocence"
--SFE: <i>Encyclopedia of Fantasy</i> (1997), biographical entry by MA (Mike Ashley?)
| Date | Publication | Publisher | Type | Page | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1869 | Mopsa the Fairy | Longmans, Green and Co. | Novel | ||
| June 1869 | Mopsa the Fairy | Roberts Brothers | Novel | ||
| 1919 |
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Mopsa the Fairy | Little, Brown | Novel | |
| 1960 |
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To the Land of Fair Delight: Three Victorian Tales of the Imagination | Gollancz | Omnibus | 11 |
| 1960 | To the Land of Fair Delight: Three Victorian Tales of the Imagination | Franklin Watts | Omnibus | 11 | |
| May 1992 |
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Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers | University of Chicago Press | Anthology | 215 |
| November 1993 |
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Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers | University of Chicago Press | Anthology | 215 |
| August 2000 |
|
My Favorite Fantasy Story | DAW Books | Anthology | 192|192.2 |
| July 2004 |
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My Favorite Fantasy Story | ibooks | Anthology | |
| October 2009 |
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Mopsa the Fairy | Dodo Press | Novel | |
| June 2010 | Mopsa the Fairy | Project Gutenberg | Novel | ||
| August 2012 |
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Mopsa the Fairy | LibriVox | Novel | |
| June 2013 |
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Mopsa the Fairy | CreateSpace | Novel | |
| December 2014 |
|
Forbidden Journeys: Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers | University of Chicago Press | Anthology | |
| January 2022 | Mopsa the Fairy | Project Gutenberg | Novel |