Question: Who wrote the 1942 children's novel which was a Christian allegory loosely modelled on the work been cited as the first novel written in English?
Sentence (from "The Wicked World"): The play is an allegory loosely based on a short illustrated story of the same title by Gilbert, written in 1871 and published in Tom Hood's "Comic Annual", about how pure fairies cope with a sudden introduction to them of "mortal love."
Relevant evidence: No